Article
Clonal population structure and genetic diversity of Candida albicans in AIDS patients from Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire).
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 7 Mar 2006
Nébavi François, Ayala Francisco J, Renaud François, Bertout Sébastien, Eholié Serge, Moussa Koné, Mallié Michèle, de Meeûs Thierry
Abstract excerpt
We have investigated the genotype at 14 enzyme-encoding loci in 275 isolates of the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans sampled from 42 HIV-positive patients (all but one with AIDS) from Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire). We separately analyzed the following variables: patient, residence, age, gender, T cell count, hospitalization (yes or no), drug treatment, date of sampling, multilocus genotype, and serotype. The most...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Candida albicans
- Candidiasis
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Evolution, Molecular
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Male
- Middle Aged