Detection of Naegleria species in environmental samples from peninsular Malaysia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Ithoi, Init ^a   Ahmad, Arine Fadzlun ^a   Nissapatorn, Veeranoot ^a   Lau, Yee Ling ^a   Mahmud, Rohela ^a   Mak, Joon Wah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2;

AMPLICON; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DUST; FLAGELLUM; GENE SEQUENCE; MALAYSIA; NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NAEGLERIA LARESI; NAEGLERIA PHILIPPINENSIS; NAEGLERIA SCHUSTERI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VAHLKAMPFIA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NAEGLERIA LARESI; NAEGLERIA PHILIPPINENSIS; NAEGLERIA SCHUSTERI; VAHLKAMPFIA;

BASE SEQUENCE; MALAYSIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAEGLERIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 80052475967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024327     Document Type: Article

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