Genotyping of Balamuthia mandrillaris based on nuclear 18S and mitochondrial 16s rRNA genes

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-69

  Booton, Gregory C ^a   Carmichael, Jennifer R ^a   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^b   Byers, Thomas J ^a   Fuerst, Paul A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 18S; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITIS; GENOTYPE; GRANULOMATOUS AMEBIC ENCEPHALITIS; HORSE; HOST; MANDRILL; MITOCHONDRION; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PAPIO; PARASITOLOGY; SARCODINA; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BALAMUTHIA; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; EQUUS CABALLUS; MANDRILLUS SPHINX; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HORSES; HUMANS; LOBOSEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PAPIO; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SARCODINA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0037267902     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.65     Document Type: Article

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