Isolation, identification and increasing importance of 'free-living' amoebae causing human disease

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-16

  Szénási, Zsuzsanna ^a   Endo, T ^b   Yagita, K ^b   Nagy, Erzsébet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; AMOEBA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NAEGLERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0031973786     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-47-1-5     Document Type: Review

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