Molecular identification of the sporothrix schenckii complex

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-6

  Oliveira, Manoel Marques Evangelista ^a   Almeida Paes, Rodrigo ^a   Gutierrez Galhardo, Maria Clara ^a   Zancope Oliveira, Rosely M ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Identification; Sporothrix complex; Sporotrichosis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEJO SPOROTHRIX; ESPOROTRICOSIS; IDENTIFICACIÓN; IDENTIFICATION; SPOROTHRIX COMPLEX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

ANIMALS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; MYCOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 84893778780     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: 21739188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2013.09.008     Document Type: Short Survey

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