Free-living amoebae in humans;Amibas de vida libre en seres humanos

Salud Uninorte

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 280-292

  Rodríguez, Mónica Liliana Peralta ^a   Oviedo, Jaime de Jesús Ayala ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SABANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Free living amoebas; Meningoencephalitis; Naegleria fowleri

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950554777     PISSN: 01205552     EISSN: 20117531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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