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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in Latin America. A public health problem?

Enrique J Calderón CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública and Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain. [email protected]; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública and Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain. [email protected]
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Yaxsier de Armas Pathology Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine ‘Pedro Kouri’, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba; Pathology Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine ‘Pedro Kouri’, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba
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Maria Mercedes Panizo Departamento de Micologia, Instituto Nacional de Higiene ‘Rafael Rangel’, Caracas, República Bolivariana de Venezuela; Departamento de Micologia, Instituto Nacional de Higiene ‘Rafael Rangel’, Caracas, República Bolivariana de Venezuela
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Gustavo Wissmann Pneumocystis Study Group, Infectology Unit, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Pneumocystis Study Group, Infectology Unit, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Pages 565-570 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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