Novel model for the in vivo study of central nervous system infection due to Acanthamoeba spp. (T4 genotype)

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 503-508

  Mortazavi, Parisa Nakhostin ^a   Goldsworthy, Graham ^a   Kirk, Ruth ^b   Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^a,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHLORHEXIDINE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA INFECTION; AMOEBA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL LYSATE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISSECTION; FAT BODY; FECES ANALYSIS; FLIGHT MUSCLE; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYMPH; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LOCUST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECIES INVASION; SUSPENSION; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE SECTION; TROPHOZOITE; VELOCITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; GRASSHOPPER; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENOTYPE; GRASSHOPPERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65649128987     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.005462-0     Document Type: Article

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