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Pneumocystis Carinii: A Nomadic Taxon

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Pneumocystis carinii was first described 80 years ago in Brazil by Chagas (1909), who considered it to be a sporogonous form of trypanosome. The agent was named by the Delanoes in France in 1914.

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  1. Mycological Reference Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, 61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5HT, England

    Donald W. R. Mackenzie

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  1. Janssen Research Foundation, Beerse, Belgium

    Hugo Vanden Bossche , Geert Cauwenbergh  & Jan Van Cutsem ,  & 

  2. Central Public Health Laboratory, London, UK

    Donald W. R. Mackenzie

  3. Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

    Edouard Drouhet  & Bertrand Dupont  & 

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Mackenzie, D.W.R. (1990). Pneumocystis Carinii: A Nomadic Taxon. In: Bossche, H.V., Mackenzie, D.W.R., Cauwenbergh, G., Van Cutsem, J., Drouhet, E., Dupont, B. (eds) Mycoses in AIDS Patients. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0655-9_4

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