Sequences of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis strains associated with recurrent pneumonia vary at multiple loci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2745-2747

  Keely, Scott P ^a   Stringer, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SWITCHING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REINFECTION; RNA SEQUENCE;

PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 0030869740     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.11.2745-2747.1997     Document Type: Article

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