Spatiotemporal Clusters and Trends of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Korea |
Kim, Hwa Sun
(Department of Family Medicine, Veterans Health Service Medical Center)
Nam, Ho-Woo (Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Ahn, Hye-Jin (Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Lee, Sang Haak (Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Kim, Yeong Hoon (Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) |
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