Molecular Epidemiology of Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia
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Molecular epidemiology of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
Although reactivation of latent infections has long been considered the primary explanation for PCP in immunosuppressed patients, over the years a steady flow of reports has described clusters of PCP cases (2). In addition, recent studies have suggested that the duration of latency is very limited, i.e., usually less than 1 year (3,4). Still other studies have demonstrated genetic variation in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid0202.960214