Isolation of potentially pathogenic strains of Acanthamoeba in wild squirrels from the Canary Islands and Morocco.

doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2007.03.014

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Isolation of potentially pathogenic strains of Acanthamoeba in wild squirrels from the Canary Islands and Morocco.

Experimental parasitology - 1 Sept 2007

Lorenzo-Morales Jacob, López-Darias Marta, Martínez-Carretero Enrique, Valladares Basilio

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In this study, a survey was conducted in order to determine the presence and pathogenic potential of free-living amoebae of Acanthamoeba genus in a population of Barbary Ground squirrels in Fuerteventura Island (Canary Islands, Spain) and Morocco. Identification of Acanthamoeba was based on the morphology of cyst and trophozoite forms and PCR amplification with a genus specific primer pair. The pathogenic...

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PMID: 17459380
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.03.014

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