18S ribosomal DNA genotypes of Acanthamoeba species isolated from contact lens cases in the Philippines

Parasitology Research

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1119-1124

  Rivera, Windell L ^a,b   Adao, Davin Edric V ^a,b  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^b University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA ASTRONYXIS; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA CULBERTSONI; ACANTHAMOEBA GRIFFINI; ACANTHAMOEBA HATCHETTI; ACANTHAMOEBA HEALYI; ACANTHAMOEBA JACOBSI; ACANTHAMOEBA LENTICULATA; ACANTHAMOEBA PALESTINENSIS; ACANTHAMOEBA PEARCEI; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; ARTICLE; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BAYES THEOREM; CONTACT LENS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT LENSES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA;

EID: 69249222630     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1531-9     Document Type: Article

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