Free-living Acanthamoeba and Naegleria spp. amebae in water sources of León, Nicaragua

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 439-446

  Leiva, Byron ^a,b,c   Clasdotter, Emma ^b   Linder, Ewert ^b,c   Winiecka Krusnell, Jadwiga ^c  

^a Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amebic encephalitis; Amebic keratitis; Acanthamoeba; Free living amebae; Naegleria; Water sanitation

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NAEGLERIA; NICARAGUA; PARASITOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; FRESH WATER; NAEGLERIA; NICARAGUA; WATER SUPPLY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 51449124532     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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