TY - JOUR
T1 - Pneumocystis
AU - Gigliotti, Francis
AU - Limper, Andrew H.
AU - Wright, Terry
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Since its initial misidentification as a trypanosome some 100 years ago, Pneumocystis has remained recalcitrant to study. Although we have learned much, we still do not have definitive answers to such basic questions as, where is the reservoir of infection, how does Pneumocystis reproduce, what is the mechanism of infection, and are there true species of Pneumocystis? The goal of this review is to provide the reader the most up to date information available about the biology of Pneumocystis and the disease it produces.
AB - Since its initial misidentification as a trypanosome some 100 years ago, Pneumocystis has remained recalcitrant to study. Although we have learned much, we still do not have definitive answers to such basic questions as, where is the reservoir of infection, how does Pneumocystis reproduce, what is the mechanism of infection, and are there true species of Pneumocystis? The goal of this review is to provide the reader the most up to date information available about the biology of Pneumocystis and the disease it produces.
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U2 - 10.1101/cshperspect.a019828
DO - 10.1101/cshperspect.a019828
M3 - Article
C2 - 25367973
AN - SCOPUS:84923773865
SN - 2157-1422
VL - 4
JO - Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine
JF - Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine
IS - 12
ER -