A year long study of the presence of free living amoeba in Spain

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 6966-6972

  Magnet, A ^a   Fenoy, S ^a   Galvan A L ^a,b   Izquierdo, F ^a   Rueda, C ^a   Fernandez Vadillo, C ^a   del Aguila, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Balamuthia mandrillaris; Drinking water; Free living amoeba; Spain; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; FREE LIVINGS; FREE-LIVING AMEBA; HUMAN HEALTH; PARASITE-; REAL-TIME PCR; SPAIN; WATER SAMPLES;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DETECTION METHOD; DRINKING WATER; GENOTYPE; HEALTH RISK; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; RISK FACTOR; TOLERANCE; WASTE FACILITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTACT LENS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GENOTYPE; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING;

SPAIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; DRINKING WATER; FREE-LIVING AMOEBA; SPAIN; WASTEWATER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DRINKING WATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; SPAIN; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84888128186     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.09.065     Document Type: Article

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