title: The minimum number of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii organisms required to establish infections is very low.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH 45267, USA. melanie.cushion@uc.edu
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Cushion
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Linke
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Keely
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Stringer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D008297:Male; D011010:Pneumocystis / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D016720:Pneumocystis Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew