Genetic diversity of Pneumocystis jirovecii strains based on sequence variation of different DNA region

Medical Mycology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 561-567

  Jarboui, Mohamed Ali ^a   Mseddi, Fatma ^a   Sellami, Hayet ^a   Sellami, Amira ^a   Makni, Fatma ^a   Ayadi, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Multilocus genotyping; PCR; Pneumocystis jirovecii; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; TANDEM REPEAT; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 84880302332     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2012.744879     Document Type: Article

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