Acanthamoeba genotype T4 detected in naturally-infected feline corneas found to be in homology with those causing human keratitis

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-140

  Ithoi, I ^a   Mahmud, R ^a   Abdul Basher, M H ^a   Jali, A ^a   Abdulsalam, A M ^a   Ibrahim, J ^a   Mak, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORNEA; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORNEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84875652489     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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