Morphological and Molecular Identification of Acanthamoeba Spp from Surface Waters in Birjand, Iran, During 2014-2015

Background & Aims of the Study: Free-living amoebae (FLA) are opportunistic and ubiquitous protozoa that are widely found in various environmental sources. They are known to cause serious human infections including a fatal encephalitis, a blinding keratitis, and pneumonia. So, due to their medic...

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Main Authors: Mahmoodreza Behravan, Hamed Behniafar, Soodabeh Einipour, Nazanin Dorani, Ali Naghizadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Qom University of Medical Sciences 2016-04-01
Series:Archives of Hygiene Sciences
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:http://jhygiene.muq.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-53-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1