title: Genotype analysis of the variable internal repeat region in the rRNA gene of Trichophyton tonsurans isolated from Japanese Judo practitioners.
abstract: Tinea capitis due to Trichophyton tonsurans is currently epidemic among Japanese Judo practitioners. T. tonsurans has seven genotypes in a variable internal repeat (VIR) region of the rRNA gene. All 101 isolates obtained from Japanese Judo practitioners had the identical genotype. This suggests that a specific genotype strain occurs throughout Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan. sugita@my-pharm.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugita
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shiraki
authors.forename: Masataro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hiruma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D016139:Martial Arts; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer