Diversity of host species and strains of pneumocystis carinii is based on rRNA sequences

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-127

  Shah, Jyotsna S ^a,c   Pieciak, Walter ^b   Liu, Jing ^a   Buharin, Amelia ^a   Lane, David J ^a  

^a VYSIS Inc   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FERRET; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SPUTUM;

EID: 0030070063     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.1.119-127.1996     Document Type: Article

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