Detection of Pneumocystis carinii DNA by filtration of air

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 279-282

  Olsson, Mats ^a,b   Sukura, Antti ^c   Lindberg, Lars Axel ^c   Linder, Ewert ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FUNGUS SPORE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT;

EID: 0029742020     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549609027173     Document Type: Article

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