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Evidence for two genetic variants of Pneumocystis carinii coinfecting laboratory rats.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 1993
Cushion M T, Zhang J, Kaselis M, Giuntoli D, Stringer S L, Stringer J R
Abstract excerpt
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is an oftentimes fatal infection for hosts in an immunocompromised state. The disease occurs in a wide variety of mammals, but the etiologic agent of this disease has been referred to as P. carinii regardless of the host species. However, even within a single host species, such as laboratory rats, distinct varieties of P. carinii have been identified from differences in the...
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