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All isolates were identified by morphologic and chromatic properties on CHROMagar and by Api Candida. \nResults: Twenty five isolates were obtained from hundred samples, which belong to five species of the genus Candida, distributed in percentage 9(36%), 4(16%), 4(16%), 4(16%) and 3(12%) of C. glabrata, C. krusei, C. albicans, C. famata and C. tropicalis consecutively and one isolate was not identified. Monoplex PCR technique was used to detect virulence genes (hwp1 and als1) of Candida species. Four Candida albicans isolates (16%) were carried of both hwp1 and als1 genes. \nConclusions: The virulence gene (hwp1) can be relied upon in molecular detection as a special diagnostic tool of Candida albicans species except other types causing Candidal onychomycosis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.36740\/wlek202205211","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,27]],"date-time":"2022-06-27T15:37:25Z","timestamp":1656344245000},"page":"1295-1298","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["MOLECULAR DETECTION OF THE TWO VIRULENCE GENES HWP1 AND ALS1 IN CANDIDA SPECIES ISOLATED FROM ONYCHOMYCOSIS"],"prefix":"10.36740","volume":"75","author":[{"given":"Hussein A.","family":"Al-Khairallah","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"UNIVERSITY OF THI-QAR, THI-QAR, IRAQ"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mohammed H.","family":"AL-Yasiri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UNIVERSITY OF THI-QAR, THI-QAR, IRAQ"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"22436","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","unstructured":"1. 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