Genotyping of pathogenic Acanthamoebae isolated from clinical samples in Greece-Report of a clinical isolate presenting T5 genotype

Parasitology International

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-149

  Spanakos, G ^a   Tzanetou, K ^b   Miltsakakis, D ^b   Patsoula, E ^a   Malamou Lada, E ^b   Vakalis, N C ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^b G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Genotyping; Greece

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA LENTICULATA; ACANTHAMOEBIDAE;

EID: 33646054099     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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