Acanthamoeba keratitis in non-contact lens wearers in India: DNA typing-based validation and a simple detection assay

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1430-1434

  Sharma, Savitri ^a   Pasricha, Gunisha ^a   Das, Debashish ^a   Aggarwal, Ramesh K ^b  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; ANIMALS; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 5044234607     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.10.1430     Document Type: Article

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