Isolation and molecular typing of Naegleria fowleri from the brain of a cow that died of primary amebic meningoencephalitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4203-4204

  Visvesvara, Govinda S ^a   De Jonckheere, Johan F ^b,d   Sriram, Rama ^a   Daft, Barbara ^c  

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

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN INFECTION; COW; DNA ISOLATION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TROPHOZOITE;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

EID: 23744445687     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.4203-4204.2005     Document Type: Article

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