A systematic analysis of Acanthamoeba genotype frequency correlated with source and pathogenicity: T4 is confirmed as a pathogen-rich genotype

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 217-221

  Maciver, Sutherland K ^a   Asif, Muhammad ^a   Simmen, Martin W ^a   Lorenzo Morales, Jacob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Encephalitis; Granulatomous; Keratitis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITIS; EYE INFECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENCEPHALITIS; EYE INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA (GENUS);

EID: 84875378178     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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