Isolation and Genotyping of Acanthamoeba Strains from Environmental Sources in Ahvaz City, Khuzestan Province, Southern Iran

Isolation and Genotyping of Acanthamoeba Strains from Environmental Sources in Ahvaz City, Khuzestan Province, Southern Iran

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Background: Acanthamoeba spp. are free-living amoebae commonly found in the environmental sources such as water, soil, and air. This ubiquitous amoeba is the causative agent of amoebic kerati- tis (AK). The objective of the present study was to investigate the presence of Acanthamoeba spp. in water...

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Main Authors: M. Rahdar, M. Niyyati, M. Salehi, M. Feghhi, M. Makvandi, M. Pourmehdi, S. Farnia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2015-10-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Parasitology
Subjects:
Acanthamoeba spp.
Water
Soil
TYI-S-33
Iran
Online Access:https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/280

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