Pre-AIDS era isolates of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis: high genotype similarity with contemporary isolates.

doi:10.1128/JCM.36.1.90-93.1998

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Pre-AIDS era isolates of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis: high genotype similarity with contemporary isolates.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 1998

Tsolaki A G, Beckers P, Wakefield A E

Abstract excerpt

Isolates of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis were examined from six individuals who died of P. carinii pneumonia between 1968 and 1981 and who had underlying immunodeficiencies which were not due to human immunodeficiency virus infection. DNA sequence variation was analyzed in the genes encodi...

Topics

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
Adult
Child
Genotype
Humans
Pneumocystis
RNA, Ribosomal
Transcription, Genetic

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