Interaction of an Acanthamoeba Human Isolate Harboring Bacteria with Murine Peritoneal Macrophages

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 516-519

  Marciano Cabral, Francine ^a   Han, Kathy ^a   Powell, Eric ^b   Ferguson, Tammy ^a   Cabral, Guy ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; PARASITOLOGY; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RIBONUCLEASES;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0348227646     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00615.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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