Balamuthia and Acanthamoeba-binding antibodies in West African human sera

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-32

  Kiderlen, Albrecht F ^a   Radam, Elke ^a   Schuster, Frederick L ^b   Adjogoua, Edgard V ^c   Akoua Koffi, Chantal ^c   Leendertz, Fabian H ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Department of Epidemic Viruses ^*  (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Africa; Antibodies; Balamuthia mandrillaris; Epidemiology; Free living amoebae; Serology; Serum antibodies

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA LENTICULATA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BALAMUTHIA; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAIN FOREST; SCHOOL CHILD; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMEBIASIS; AMOEBOZOA; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; COTE D'IVOIRE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA LENTICULATA; BALAMUTHIA; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS;

EID: 77954757937     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.10.015     Document Type: Article

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