Griffin L, Lucas S B
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1982;76(2):198-9. doi: 10.1016/0035-9203(82)90273-5.
An experiment was carried out exposing immunosuppressed mice to the atmosphere to determine if transmission of Pneumocystis carinii occurred in Kenya. Mice were killed at weekly intervals for four months and the lungs examined histologically for the presence of these parasites. None of the mice contracted even light infections and this, together with the lack of clinical evidence of this disease in immunosuppressed or neonatal cases, suggests that this parasite does not occur in Kenya. Possible reasons for this are discussed.
进行了一项实验，将免疫抑制小鼠暴露于大气中，以确定肯尼亚是否发生卡氏肺孢子虫传播。在四个月的时间里，每周对小鼠进行处死，并对肺部进行组织学检查以确定是否存在这些寄生虫。没有一只小鼠感染，即使是轻度感染，而且免疫抑制或新生儿病例中也缺乏这种疾病的临床证据，这表明肯尼亚不存在这种寄生虫。文中讨论了出现这种情况的可能原因。
