A new name (Pneumocystis jiroveci) for Pneumocystis from humans

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 891-896

  Stringer, James R ^a   Beard, Charles B ^b   Miller, Robert F ^c   Wakefield, Ann E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0036714419     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0809.020096     Document Type: Review

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