Acanthamoeba: Could it be an environmental host of Shigella?

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-186

  Jeong, Hae Jin ^a,b   Jang, Eun Seong ^a   Han, Byung In ^a   Lee, Keun Hee ^a   Ock, Mee Sun ^c   Kong, Hyun Hee ^d   Chung, Dong Il ^d   Seol, Sung Yong ^d   Cho, Dong Taek ^d   Yu, Hak Sun ^a,b  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Kosin University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba castellanii; Environmental host; Shigella sonnei; Uptake rate

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLAQUE ASSAY; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; VACUOLES; VIRULENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA ASTRONYXIS; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA HEALYI; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 33751423806     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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