Detection of Vibrio cholerae and Acanthamoeba species from same natural water samples collected from different cholera endemic areas in Sudan

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Shanan, Salah ^a,c   Abd, Hadi ^b   Hedenström, Ingela ^b   Saeed, Amir ^a   Sandström, Gunnar ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79953720001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-109     Document Type: Article

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