The lung microbiome of Ugandan HIV-infected pneumonia patients is compositionally and functionally distinct from that of San Franciscan patients.

The lung microbiome of Ugandan HIV-infected pneumonia patients is compositionally and functionally distinct from that of San Franciscan patients.

Sub-Saharan Africa represents 69% of the total number of individuals living with HIV infection worldwide and 72% of AIDS deaths globally. Pulmonary infection is a common and frequently fatal complication, though little is known regarding the lower airway microbiome composition of this population. Ou...

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Main Authors: Shoko Iwai, Delphine Huang, Serena Fong, Leah G Jarlsberg, William Worodria, Samuel Yoo, Adithya Cattamanchi, J Lucian Davis, Sylvia Kaswabuli, Mark Segal, Laurence Huang, Susan V Lynch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3994144?pdf=render

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