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Acanthamoeba genotype T4 from the UK and Iran and isolation of the T2 genotype from clinical isolates.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Aug 2005
Maghsood Amir Hossein, Sissons James, Rezaian Mostafa, Nolder Debbie, Warhurst David, Khan Naveed Ahmed
Abstract excerpt
The majority of the keratitis-causing Acanthamoeba isolates are genotype T4. In an attempt to determine whether predominance of T4 isolates in Acanthamoeba keratitis is due to greater virulence or greater prevalence of this genotype, Acanthamoeba genotypes were determined for 13 keratitis isolate...
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