Acanthamoeba T4 genotype associated with keratitis infections in Tunisia

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 401-405

  Dendana, F ^a,b   Sellami, H ^a,b   Trabelsi, H ^a,b   Neji, S ^a,b   Cheikhrouhou, F ^a,b   Makni, F ^a,b   Ayadi, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA ULCER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE INFLAMMATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TUNISIA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT LENSES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUNISIA;

ACANTHAMOEBA;

EID: 84872325976     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3149-6     Document Type: Article

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