Demonstration of Balamuthia and Acanthamoeba mitochondrial DNA in sectioned archival brain and other tissues by the polymerase chain reaction

Parasitology Research

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-217

  Yagi, Shigeo ^a   Schuster, Frederick L ^a   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^b  

^a VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; BALAMUTHIA; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE SECTION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; ENCEPHALITIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; LOBOSEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TISSUE FIXATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BALAMUTHIA; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS;

EID: 36749066201     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0749-7     Document Type: Article

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