Hypothetical Pneumocystis jirovecii transmission from immunocompetent carriers to infant

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Mar;15(3):506-7; author reply 507. doi: 10.3201/eid1503.081350.
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Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carrier State / immunology
  • Carrier State / microbiology
  • Carrier State / transmission*
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence*
  • Infant
  • Pneumocystis carinii / classification
  • Pneumocystis carinii / genetics
  • Pneumocystis carinii / isolation & purification*
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / immunology
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / microbiology
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / transmission*