The genus Sappinia: History, phylogeny and medical relevance

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-13

  Walochnik, Julia ^a   Wylezich, Claudia ^b   Michel, Rolf ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Free living amoebae; History; Pathogenic; Phylogeny; Sappinia

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; PENTAMIDINE;

AMEBIC INFECTION; AMOEBA (GENUS); ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYST (RESTING STAGE); DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR DIVISION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SAPPINIA DIPLOIDEA; SAPPINIA PEDATA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMEBIASIS; AMOEBOZOA; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; ENCEPHALITIS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

AMOEBA (GENUS); SAPPINIA DIPLOIDEA; THECAMOEBIDAE;

EID: 77954757380     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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