Mechanism of intrusion of a microspordian-like organism into the nucleus of host amoebae (Vannella sp.) isolated from a keratitis patient

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1097-1102

  Scheid, P ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL WALL; CONTACT LENS; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCYTOBIOSIS; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTIC SPORE; FEMALE; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; KERATITIS; MICROSPORIDA; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VANNELLA;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOBOSEA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSPORIDIA; SPORES, FUNGAL; TROPHOZOITES;

ACANTHAMOEBIDAE; AMOEBA (GENUS); COCCOIDEA; EQUIDAE; EUKARYOTA; MICROSPORIDIA; VANNELLA;

EID: 34547730817     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0590-z     Document Type: Article

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