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Genotyping of Pneumocystis jirovecii isolates from human immunodeficiency virus-negative patients in China.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2015
Sun Lan, Huang Minjun, Wang Jiancheng, Xue Feng, Hong Cailing, Guo Zengzhu, Gu Junchao
Abstract excerpt
Pneumocystis jirovecii is a fungus that causes Pneumocystis pneumonia in immuno-compromised patients. To analyze the genetic diversity of P. jirovecii in HIV-negative patients in China, respiratory specimens were obtained from 105 patients who tested PCR-positive for the presence of the P. jirovecii mitochondrial large subunit ribosomal RNA (mtLSU rRNA) between 2011 and 2013. P. jirovecii isolates were genotyped...
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