Molecular identification of T4 and T5 genotypes in isolates from Acanthamoeba keratitis patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1458-1462

  Ledee, D R ^a   Iovieno, A ^a   Miller, D ^a   Mandal, N ^c   Diaz, M ^b   Fell, J ^b   Fini, M E ^d   Alfonso, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; DNA, ALGAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES;

ACANTHAMOEBA;

EID: 66149136039     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02365-08     Document Type: Article

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