Potentially pathogenic free-living amoebae in some flood-affected areas during 2011 Chiang Mai flood;Amebas potencialmente patogênicas de vida livre em algumas áreas afetadas durante a inundação de 2011 em Chiang Mai

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 411-416

  Wannasan, Anchalee ^a   Uparanukraw, Pichart ^a   Songsangchun, Apichart ^a   Morakote, Nimit ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Chiang Mai; Flood; Free living amoebae

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA (GENUS); ARTICLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ECHINAMOEBA EXUNDANS; FLOODING; FREE LIVING AMOEBA; HARTMANNELLA; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; HEAT TOLERANCE; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NAEGLERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; THAILAND; WATER ANALYSIS;

AMOEBA; DISASTERS; FLOODS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND; WATER;

EID: 84887375600     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652013000600007     Document Type: Article

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