Seroprevalence of Pneumocystis Human Infection in Southern Spain

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 649-650

  Medrano, Francisco J ^a   Respaldiza, Nieves ^a   Medrano, Alfonso ^a   Varela, Jose M ^a   Montes Cano, Marco ^a   De La Horra, Carmen ^a   Wichmann, Ingeborg ^b   Ferrer, Santiago ^c   Calderón, Enrique ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b Zona Basica de Salud Utrera Sur   (Spain)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

FUNGI; PNEUMOCYSTIS;

EID: 0348226891     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00669.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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