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Multilocus microsatellite genotyping array for investigation of genetic epidemiology of Pneumocystis jirovecii.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2014
Parobek Christian M, Jiang Linda Y, Patel Jaymin C, Alvarez-Martínez Miriam J, Miro Jose M, Worodria William, Andama Alfred, Fong Serena, Huang Laurence, Meshnick Steven R, Taylor Steve M, Juliano Jonathan J
Abstract excerpt
Pneumocystis jirovecii is a symbiotic respiratory fungus that causes pneumonia (PcP) in immunosuppressed patients. Because P. jirovecii cannot be reliably cultured in vitro, it has proven difficult to study and gaps in our understanding of the organism persist. The release of a draft genome for the organism opens the door for the development of new genotyping approaches for studying its molecular epidemiology and...
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