The yeast Candida albicans has a clonal mode of reproduction in a population of infected human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on October 15, 1993

Authors

C Pujol1, J Reynes, F Renaud, M Raymond, M Tibayrenc, F J Ayala, F Janbon, M Mallié, J M Bastide

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1: Laboratoire d'Immunologie et Parasitologie, Faculté de Pharmacie, Montpellier, France.

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