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Antigenic Variation in <i>Pneumocystis</i><sup>1</sup>
13 Dec 2006
Abstract excerpt
Pneumocystis is a genus containing many species of non-culturable fungi, each of which infects a different mammalian host. Pneumonia caused by Pneumocystis is a problem in immunodeficient humans, but not in normal humans. Nevertheless, it appears that Pneumocystis organisms cannot survive and proliferate outside of their mammalian hosts, suggesting that Pneumocystis parasitizes immunocompetent mammals. Residence...
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