Genotyping of Acanthamoeba isolated from water in recreational areas of Tehran, Iran

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 603-608

  Nazar, M ^a   Haghighi, A ^a   Niyyati, M ^a   Eftekhar, M ^a   Tahvildar biderouni, F ^a   Taghipour, N ^a   Abadi, A ^a   Nazemalhosseini Mojarad, E ^b   Athari, A ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Genotypes; Public water bodies; Recreational areas; Survey; Tehran

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; WATER;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; PARK MANAGEMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA HATTCHETII; ACANTHAMOEBA LENTICULATA; ACANTHAMOEBA MURITANENSIS; ACANTHAMOEBA QUINA; ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; IRAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RECREATIONAL AREA; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOCIETY; WATER ANALYSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; IRAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECREATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

ACANTHAMOEBA;

EID: 80054762909     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2011.152     Document Type: Article

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