Survey of Naegleria from Taiwan recreational waters using culture enrichment combined with PCR

Acta Tropica

Volumn 119, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 114-118

  Huang, Shih Wei ^a   Hsu, Bing Mu ^b  

^a CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Naegleria; Raw domestic water; Recreational water; Spring water; Stream water

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RAW DOMESTIC WATER; RECREATIONAL WATER; RIVER WATER; SPRING WATER; STREAM WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

HEALTH RISK; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRING WATER; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DNA SEQUENCE; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIUM; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA AMERICANA; NAEGLERIA AUSTRALIENSIS; NAEGLERIA CANARIENSIS; NAEGLERIA CLARKI; NAEGLERIA DOBSONI; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NAEGLERIA GRUBERI; NAEGLERIA LOVANIENSIS; NAEGLERIA PHILIPPINENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PH; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAIWAN; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER PH; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAEGLERIA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIWAN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

TAIWAN;

MUS; NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA AMERICANA; NAEGLERIA AUSTRALIENSIS; NAEGLERIA CLARKI; NAEGLERIA DOBSONI; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NAEGLERIA GRUBERI; NAEGLERIA LOVANIENSIS; NAEGLERIA PHILIPPINENSIS;

EID: 79960600318     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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