Biodiversity of Pneumocystis carinii hominis: Typing with different DNA regions

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 383-387

  Latouche, Sophie ^a,e   Ortona, Elena ^b   Mazars, Edith ^c   Margutti, Paola ^b   Tamburrini, Enrica ^d   Siracusano, Alessandra ^b   Guyot, Karine ^c   Nigou, Michele ^a   Roux, Patricia ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 5S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FRANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031020283     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.2.383-387.1997     Document Type: Article

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