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. 1994 Dec;32(12):3040–3042. doi: 10.1128/jcm.32.12.3040-3042.1994

Characterization of Coccidioides immitis isolates by restriction fragment length polymorphisms.

C R Zimmermann 1, C J Snedker 1, D Pappagianis 1
PMCID: PMC264222  PMID: 7883896

Abstract

The marked increase in the number of cases of coccidioidomycosis in California in 1992 led to a study of isolates from various patients and environmental sources by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. Of 15 different isolates, most of the isolates (13 of 15) from California and 1 from Venezuela yielded one main RFLP pattern with evidence of two subgroups. The other two isolates (both from patients in the San Joaquin Valley of California) yielded a different RFLP pattern.

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