Survival of Acanthamoeba cysts after desiccation for more than 20 years

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4045-4048

  Sriram, Rama ^a   Shoff, Megan ^b   Booton, Gregory ^b   Fuerst, Paul ^b   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^a  

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

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CYSTS; DESICCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

ACANTHAMOEBA;

EID: 57349100875     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01903-08     Document Type: Article

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