Real-time PCR assay for detection and differentiation of Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii from culture and clinical specimens.

Coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever) is a pulmonary and systemic fungal disease with increasing incidence and expanding endemic areas. The differentiation of etiologic agents Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii remains problematic in the clinical laboratories as conventional PCR and satellite typing...

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Main Authors: Sudha Chaturvedi, Tanya R Victor, Anuradha Marathe, Ketevan Sidamonidze, Kelly L Crucillo, Vishnu Chaturvedi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-09-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0009765&type=printable
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