Clustering of Acanthamoeba isolates from human eye infections by means of mitochondrial DNA digestion patterns

Parasitology Research

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 284-289

  Yagita, Kenji ^a   Endo, Takuro ^a   De Jonckheere, Johan F ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology of Brussels   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EYE INFECTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

ACANTHAMOEBA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032980172     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050549     Document Type: Article

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