The host specificity of Pneumocystis carinii

Journal de Mycologie Medicale

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-6

  Dei Cas, E ^a,b,c   Mazars, E ^a,b,d   Aliouat, E M ^e   Nevez, G ^f   Cailliez, J C ^b,g   Camus, D ^a,e  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d Clinical Biology Lab General Hospital Center   (France)

^e Glaxo Wellcome SA   (Spain)

^f AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genetic diversity; Pneumocystis; Pneumocystosis; Polymorphism; Transmission

Indexed keywords

MARKER; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME ASSAY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

EID: 0031971849     PISSN: 11565233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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