Pneumocystis: Newer knowledge about the biology of this group of organisms in laboratory rats and mice

Lab Animal

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 55-61

  Weisbroth, Steven H ^a  

^a Laboratory Animal Medicine   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; RAT; REVIEW; RODENT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; MICE; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; RATS; RODENT DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; PNEUMOCYSTIS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33749322809     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban1006-55     Document Type: Review

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