What do we know by now about the genus Naegleria?

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 145, Issue S, 2014, Pages S2-S9

  De Jonckheere, Johan F ^a,b  

^a DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Naegleria review

Indexed keywords

LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FLAGELLATE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTRON; MATING; NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NAEGLERIA GRUBERI; NAEGLERIA LOVANIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE LOAD; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

NAEGLERIA;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NAEGLERIA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84912130721     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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