Acanthamoeba castellanii: High antibody prevalence in racially and ethnically diverse populations

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 254-256

  Brindley, Neil ^a,b   Matin, Abdul ^b   Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^c  

^a Lambeth College   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ENCEPHALITIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SALIVA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; PROTOZOA;

EID: 59849111017     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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