Pneumocystis carinii nomenclature: 2 Misnomers are not better than 1 [7]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1209-1210

  Weinberg, Geoffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAL VARIATION; HISTORY; LETTER; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33645772439     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502656     Document Type: Letter

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