Resistance of Acanthamoeba castellanii cysts to physical, chemical, and radiological conditions

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 621-623

  Aksozek, A ^a   McClellan, K ^a   Howard, K ^a   Niederkorn, J Y ^a   Alizadeh, Hassan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AOSEPT DISINFECTANT; CELLULASE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NEOMYCIN; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE;

CYST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; SURVIVAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; FREEZING; GAMMA RADIATION; HEATING; NONHUMAN; THAWING; TROPHOZOITE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036288168     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[0621:roacct]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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