New tool for the simultaneous detection of 10 different genotypes of Acanthamoeba available from the American Type Culture Collection

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1096-1100

  Goldschmidt, P ^a   Degorge, S ^a   Benallaoua, D ^a   Saint Jean, C ^a   Batellier, L ^a   Alouch, C ^a   Laroche, L ^a   Chaumeil, C ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER NATIONAL D OPHTALMOLOGIE DES QUINZE VINGTS   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA ASTRONYXIS; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DNA EXTRACTION; GENOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 68049114344     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.144873     Document Type: Article

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