| Literature DB >> 11980979 |
Isabelle Durand-Joly1, El Moukhtar Aliouat, Céline Recourt, Karine Guyot, Nadine François, Michèle Wauquier, Daniel Camus, Eduardo Dei-Cas.
Abstract
The infectious power of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis was explored by inoculating SCID mice intranasally with either P. carinii f. sp. hominis or P. carinii f. sp. muris isolates. Only mice inoculated with mouse parasites developed Pneumocystis pneumonia, as assessed by microscopy and PCR. These results suggest that humans do not contract pneumocystosis from animals.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11980979 PMCID: PMC130940 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.5.1862-1865.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948