Acanthamoeba spp. as vehicles of pathogenic bacteria

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 276-280

  Hadaś, Edward ^a   Derda, Monika ^a   Winiecka Krusnell, Jadwiga ^b   Sułek, Anna ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Endosymbiotic bacteria; Pathogenicity; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA RHYSODES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSEOBACTERIUM MENINGOSEPTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS SP.; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA SP.;

EID: 11244337283     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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