Molecular identification of Hartmannella vermiformis and Vannella persistens from man-made recreational water environments, Tehran, Iran

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 835-839

  Nazar, Mahdieh ^a,b   Haghighi, Ali ^a   Taghipour, Niloofar ^a   Ortega Rivas, Antonio ^b   Tahvildar Biderouni, Farid ^a   Mojarad, Ehsan Nazemalhosseini ^c   Eftekhar, Mohammad ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA (GENUS); AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HARTMANNELLA; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMMIS; IRAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VANNELLA PERSISTENS; WATER ANALYSIS;

AMOEBOZOA; ANIMALS; HUMANS; IRAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECREATION; WATER;

HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; VANNELLA; VANNELLA PERSISTENS;

EID: 84866051251     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-2906-x     Document Type: Article

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