Genotyping species of the Sporothrix schenckii complex by PCR-RFLP of calmodulin

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 383-387

  Rodrigues, Anderson Messias ^a,b   De Hoog, G Sybren ^b   De Camargo, Zoilo Pires ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Molecular identification; PCR RFLP; Sporothrix brasiliensis; Sporothrix schenckii; Sporotrichosis

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CALMODULIN GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTHRIX GLOBOSA; SPOROTHRIX LURIEI; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION; PCR-RFLP; SPOROTHRIX BRASILIENSIS; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

CALMODULIN; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 84895889154     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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