Isolation of free living amoebae from public swimming pool in santiago, Chile;Aislamiento de amebas de vida libre en piscinas públicas de Santiago de Chile

Parasitologia Latinoamericana

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 106-111

  Muñoz, Víctor ^a   Reyes, Hernán ^a   Toche, Paola ^a   Cárcamo, Carlos ^a   Gottlieb, Beatriz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL LUIS CALVO MACKENNA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Free living amoebae; Hartmannella vermiformes; Naegleria; Vannella sp

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749635146     PISSN: 07177704     EISSN: 07177712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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