Detection of free living amoebae, Acanthamoeba and Naegleria, in swimming pools, Malaysia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 566-577

  Init, I ^a   Lau, Y L ^a   Arin Fadzlun, A ^a   Foead, A I ^b   Neilson, R S ^a   Nissapatorn, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Damai Service Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NAEGLERIA; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SWIMMING POOL; TEMPERATURE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MICROSCOPY; NAEGLERIA; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SWIMMING POOLS; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 78650772586     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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