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A Comparison of Two Surface Sample Collection Devices for Use in Polymerase Chain Reaction Based Detection of Pneumocystis carinii in House Dust

Nancy Maher Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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H. Kenneth Dillon Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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Abeer Awooda Division of Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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Joon Hak Lee Division of Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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Sten H. Vermund Division of Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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Thomas R. Unnasch Division of Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Pages 416-423 | Published online: 30 Nov 2010

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