Isolation and characterization of Acanthamoeba spp. from air-conditioners in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Acta Tropica

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-30

  Chan, Li Li ^a   Mak, Joon Wah ^a   Low, Yoon Tong ^a   Koh, Thuan Tzen ^a   Ithoi, Init ^b   Mohamed, Shar Mariam ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Air conditioners; Environmental isolates; Kuala Lumpur; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; INDOOR AIR; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA CULBERSTONI; ACANTHAMOEBA GRIFFINI; ACANTHAMOEBA HATCHETTI; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DUST; HEAT TOLERANCE; MALAYSIA; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOSIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PREDICTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AIR CONDITIONING; CELL SURVIVAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, RRNA; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

KUALA LUMPUR [WEST MALAYSIA]; MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA CULBERTSONI; ACANTHAMOEBA GRIFFINI; ACANTHAMOEBA HATCHETTI; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA;

EID: 78049462652     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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