Isolation and characterization of Acanthamoeba strains from soil samples in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1383-1388

  Reyes Batlle, María ^a   Todd, Cheridah D ^a,b   Martín Navarro, Carmen M ^a,c   López Arencibia, Atteneri ^a   Cabello Vilchez, Alfonso Martín ^a,d   González, Ana C ^a   Córdoba Lanús, Elizabeth ^e   Lindo, John F ^b   Valladares, Basilio ^a   Piñero, José E ^a   Lorenzo Morales, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; DNA 18S;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA PALESTINENSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL INOCULATION; SPAIN; TROPHOZOITE; TYPE STRAIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SOIL; SPAIN;

EID: 84897026021     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-3778-z     Document Type: Article

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