title: Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis is not infectious for SCID mice.
abstract: The infectious power of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis was explored by inoculating SCID mice intranasally with either P. carinii f. sp. hominis or P. carinii f. sp. muris isolates. Only mice inoculated with mouse parasites developed Pneumocystis pneumonia, as assessed by microscopy and PCR. These results suggest that humans do not contract pneumocystosis from animals.
authors: Ecologie du Parasitisme, Institut Pasteur de Lille, 1 rue du Prof-Calmette-BP 245, 59019 Lille, France. isabelle.joly@pasteur-lille.fr
authors: Isabelle
authors: I
authors: Durand-Joly
authors: El Moukhtar
authors: el M
authors: Aliouat
authors: Céline
authors: C
authors: Recourt
authors: Karine
authors: K
authors: Guyot
authors: Nadine
authors: N
authors: François
authors: Michèle
authors: M
authors: Wauquier
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Camus
authors: Eduardo
authors: E
authors: Dei-Cas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D051379:Mice; D016513:Mice, SCID; D011010:Pneumocystis / Q000145:classification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000635:transmission*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000635:transmission