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Some aspects of the epidemiology of toxoplasmosis and pneumocystosis in AIDS in Europe

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The incidence and prevalence ofToxoplasma gondii andPneumocystis carinii infections among AIDS patients in Europe are different from those observed in the USA. These differences are probably causally related to differences in host exposure, and sociocultural and nutritional habits.

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Clumeck, N. Some aspects of the epidemiology of toxoplasmosis and pneumocystosis in AIDS in Europe. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 10, 177–178 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01964454

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