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Low genetic diversity of Pneumocystis jirovecii among Cuban population based on two-locus mitochondrial typing.
Medical mycology - 1 May 2012
de Armas Yaxsier, Friaza Vicente, Capó Virginia, Durand-Joly Isabelle, Govín Anamays, de la Horra Carmen, Dei-Cas Eduardo, Calderón Enrique J
Abstract excerpt
Genotypes of two different loci of the Pneumocystis jirovecii mitochondrial gene were studied in specimens from a total of 75 Pneumocystis pneumonia patients in Spain, France and Cuba. A new genotype of the mitochondrial small subunit rRNA gene of P. jirovecii (160A/196T) was identified, which was revealed to be the most common in these three countries, especially in Cuba where its proportion reached 93.8%. Our...
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