Genotypic, phenotypic, biochemical, physiological and pathogenicity-based categorisation of Acanthamoeba strains

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-104

  Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^a   Tareen, Noor Khan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b District Headquarters Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Corneal epithelial cells; Cytotoxicity; Differentiation; Keratitis

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0042349334     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2003.017     Document Type: Article

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