Potentially pathogenic Acanthamoeba in swimming pools: A survey in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 477-485

  Caumo, K ^a   Frasson, A P ^a   Pens, C J ^a   Panatieri, L F ^a   Frazzon, A P G ^a   Rott, M B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT TOLERANCE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWIMMING POOL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; HOT TEMPERATURE; SWIMMING POOLS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70349171782     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485909X451825     Document Type: Article

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