Occurrence of free-living amoebae in communities of low and high endemicity for Buruli ulcer in Southern Benin

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6547-6553

  Eddyani, Miriam ^a   De Jonckheere, Johan F ^b   Durnez, Lies ^a,c   Suykerbuyk, Patrick ^a   Leirs, Herwig ^c   Portaels, Françoise ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER; GREAT-ER; STUDY AREAS; WATER BODIES;

OCEAN HABITATS;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOFILM; ENDEMISM; HYGIENE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VILLAGE; WATER POLLUTION;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BENIN; BURULI ULCER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BENIN; BIOFILMS; BURULI ULCER; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

AFRICA; BENIN [EDO]; EDO; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 55049127944     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01066-08     Document Type: Article

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