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Review
. 2020 Sep 10;16(9):e1008824.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008824. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Rethinking host range in Pneumocystis

Spenser J Babb-Biernacki  1 , Jacob A Esselstyn  1 , Vinson P Doyle  2
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Review

Rethinking host range in Pneumocystis

Spenser J Babb-Biernacki et al. PLoS Pathog. .
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. Various parasite host range hypotheses.
Hypothetical host and parasite phylogenies illustrating scenarios that can lead to two forms of host specificity: monoxenism and stenoxenism. Dotted branches indicate a single parasite species residing in multiple host species. These patterns may all occur in a single parasite clade, such as Pneumocystis, and distinguishing between them requires thorough host sampling and robust phylogenetic analysis.
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