Isolation and genotyping of potentially pathogenic Acanthamoeba strains from dust sources in Iran

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 425-427

  Niyyati, Maryam ^a   Lorenzo Morales, Jacob ^b   Rahimi, Firoozeh ^c   Motevalli Haghi, Afsaneh ^a   Martín Navarro, Carmen M ^b   Farnia, Shohreh ^a   Valladares, Basilio ^b   Rezaeian, Mostafa ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Dust; Genotypes; Iran; Keratitis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; GENOTYPE; IRAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; SAMPLING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMALS; CONTACT LENSES; DUST; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IRAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS;

ACANTHAMOEBA;

EID: 61449155270     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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