"Pneumocystis carinii" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The prototype species of PNEUMOCYSTIS infecting the laboratory rat, Rattus norvegicus (RATS). It was formerly called Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii. Other species of Pneumocystis can also infect rats.
| Descriptor ID |
D045363
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.300.107.730.650
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| Concept/Terms |
Pneumocystis carinii- Pneumocystis carinii
- Pneumocystis carinius
- carinii, Pneumocystis
- carinius, Pneumocystis
- Pneumocystis carini
- Pneumocystis carinus
- carini, Pneumocystis
- carinus, Pneumocystis
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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