Epidemiology of Pneumocystis colonization in families.
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.
Spencer
LaShonda
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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.
Ukwu
Michelle
M
Alexander
Travis
T
Valadez
Karri
K
Liu
Lora
L
Frederick
Toni
T
Kovacs
Andrea
A
Morris
Alison
A
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