Early acquisition of Pneumocystis carinii in neonatal rats as evidenced by PCR and oral swabs

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 414-419

  Icenhour, Crystal R ^b   Rebholz, Sandra L ^b   Collins, Margaret S ^b   Cushion, Melanie T ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

FUNGAL DNA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BROWN NORWAY RAT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONG EVANS RAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PLACENTA; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MOUTH; PLACENTA; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 0036615522     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.1.3.414-419.2002     Document Type: Article

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