Vertical transmission of Pneumocystis jirovecii in humans

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-127

  Montes Cano, Marco A ^a,b,c   Chabe, Magali ^c   Fontillon Alberdi, Maria ^a,b   De La Horra, Carmen ^a,b   Respaldiza, Nieves ^a,b   Medrano, Francisco J ^a,b   Varela, Jose M ^a,b   Dei Cas, Eduardo ^c   Calderon, Enrique J ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b Center for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; FUNGAL DNA; LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; PARAFFIN;

AMNION FLUID; AMPLICON; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA EXTRACTION; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS; FETUS LUNG; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LUNG; PLACENTA; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 58849100961     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1501.080242     Document Type: Letter

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