title: Epidemiology of Pneumocystis colonization in families.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Maternal Child and Adolescent Center for Infectious Diseases and Virology, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Will Rogers Institute Pulmonary Research Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: LaShonda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spencer
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ukwu
authors.forename: Travis
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: Karri
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Valadez
authors.forename: Lora
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Toni
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Frederick
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kovacs
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015141:Los Angeles / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D011010:Pneumocystis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D016720:Pneumocystis Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction