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High resolution genotyping of clinical Aspergillus flavus isolates from India using microsatellites.
PloS one - 17 Jan 2011
Rudramurthy Shivaprakash M, de Valk Hanneke A, Chakrabarti Arunaloke, Meis Jacques F G M, Klaassen Corné H W
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BACKGROUND: Worldwide, Aspergillus flavus is the second leading cause of allergic, invasive and colonizing fungal diseases in humans. However, it is the most common species causing fungal rhinosinusitis and eye infections in tropical countries. Despite the growing challenges due to A. flavus, the molecular epidemiology of this fungus has not been well studied. We evaluated the use of microsatellites for high...
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