Detection of Acanthamoeba and Toxoplasma in River Water Samples by Molecular Methods in Iran

Background:Free-living amoebae such as Acanthamoeba species may act as carriers of Cryptosporidium and Toxoplasma oocysts, thus, may play an important role in the water-borne transmission of these parasites. In the present study, a loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method for detection...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Reza Mahmoudi, Bahram Kazemi, Ali Haghighi, Panagiotis Karanis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2015-06-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Parasitology
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/326

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