VIII. Epidemiological and taxonomic impact of Pneumocystis biodiversity

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 75-80

  Mazars, Edith ^a,b   Dei Cas, Eduardo ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b Clinical Biology Lab General Hospital Center   (France)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genetic diversity; Host specificity; Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; Pneumocystis taxonomy; Transmission

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032148369     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00091-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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