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Microsatellite analysis of environmental and clinical isolates of the opportunist fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Dec 2002
Rosehart Kimberly, Richards Miriam H, Bidochka Michael J
Abstract excerpt
Microsatellite analysis was used to examine the genetic relatedness of 111 clinical and environmental isolates of the opportunist human pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus from Ontario, Canada. Forty-three A. fumigatus isolates were from clinical sources and 68 from environmental sources. Phylogenetic analysis of the genotypes revealed that there were no geographical or temporal associations of clinical or...
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