Phagotrophic protozoa: A new weapon against pathogens?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 141-142

  Nacar, Ahmet ^a   Nacar, Emel ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FATIH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION RISK; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOTROPHIC PROTOZOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTOZOA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 36348984357     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.03.037     Document Type: Article

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