Erratum (DOI:10.1016/S1473-3099(06)70663-6);Responsibility in naming pathogens: the case of Pneumocystis jirovecii, the causal agent of pneumocystis pneumonia

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-5

  Hawksworth, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; MAMMAL; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33845476729     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(07)70020-8     Document Type: Erratum

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