Epidemiology ofPneumocystisColonization in Families | Zendy

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Epidemiology ofPneumocystisColonization in Families

Author(s) -

LaShonda Spencer,

Michelle Ukwu,

Travis Alexander,

Karri Valadez,

Lora Liu,

Toni Frederick,

Andrea Kovács,

Alison Morris

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/533449

Subject(s) - colonization , polymerase chain reaction , virology , epidemiology , pneumocystis jirovecii , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , immunology , genetics , gene

Whether Pneumocystis colonization is transmitted in families with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected members is unknown. Using nested polymerase chain reaction of oropharyngeal or nasopharyngeal samples, we detected colonization in 11.4% of HIV-infected adults and in 3.3% of their children, but there was no evidence of clustering.

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