Amebae and ciliated protozoa as causal agents of waterborne zoonotic disease

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 91-120

  Schuster, Frederick L ^a   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Amebic dysentery; Amebic encephalitis; Amebic keratitis; Balamuthia; Balantidiasis; Balantidium coli; Entamoeba histolytica; Free living amebae; Naegleria fowleri

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ISETHIONIC ACID; METRONIDAZOLE; PENTAMIDINE; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; SULFANILAMIDE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; AMOEBA; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BALANTIDIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSENTERY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; KERATITIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION; TAXONOMY; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZOONOSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BALANTIDIASIS; BALANTIDIUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; HUMANS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; WATER; ZOONOSES;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALIA; BALAMUTHIA; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BALANTIDIUM COLI; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; MYXOZOA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 9644273946     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.09.019     Document Type: Review

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