Infections Caused by Pathogenic Free-Living Amebas (Balamuthia Mandrillaris and Acanthamoeba sp.) in Horses

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-322

  Kinde, Hailu ^a   Read, Deryck H ^a   Daft, Barbara M ^a   Manzer, Michael ^b   Nordhausen, Robert W ^b   Kelly, Daryl J ^c   Fuerst, Paul A ^c   Booton, Gregory ^c   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba culbertsoni; Balamuthia mandrillaris; granulomatous amebic encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CULBERTSONI; ACANTHAMOEBA SP.; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS SP.; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; EQUIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34250626471     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870701900318     Document Type: Article

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