A brief survey of free-living amebae in Thailand and Hamamatsu district, Japan

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2001, Pages 179-182

  Nacapunchai, Duangporn ^a   Kino, Hideto ^b   Ruangsittichai, Chiraporn ^a   Sriwichai, Patchara ^a   Ishih, Akira ^b   Terada, Mamoru ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; NAEGLERIA; PARASITOLOGY; SARCODINA; SOIL; THAILAND;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; DATA COLLECTION; JAPAN; LOBOSEA; NAEGLERIA; SOIL; THAILAND; WATER;

EID: 0041830571     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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