Evaluation of Acanthamoeba isolates from environmental sources in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 233-236

  Lorenzo Morales, Jacob ^a   Monteverde Miranda, Carlos A ^a   Jiménez, Concepción ^a   Tejedor, María Luisa ^a   Valladares, Basilio ^a   Ortega Rivas, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba spp.; Pathogenic amoebae

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAND; SEASHORE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPAIN; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; SOIL; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WATER;

ACANTHAMOEBA;

EID: 33645054044     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 12321966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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