Genotyping of Acanthamoeba isolates from clinical and environmental specimens in Iran.

doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2008.11.003

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Genotyping of Acanthamoeba isolates from clinical and environmental specimens in Iran.

Experimental parasitology - 1 Mar 2009

Niyyati Maryam, Lorenzo-Morales Jacob, Rezaie Sasan, Rahimi Firoozeh, Mohebali Mehdi, Maghsood Amir H, Motevalli-Haghi Afsaneh, Martín-Navarro Carmen M, Farnia Shohreh, Valladares Basilio, Rezaeian Mostafa

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In this study, 15 Acanthamoeba isolates from AK patients and 10 environmental samples (water, soil and animal-origin samples) were classified at the genotype level based on the sequence analysis of the Diagnostic Fragment 3 (DF3) of Acanthamoeba small subunit rRNA gene. The obtained results revealed that most of these Acanthamoeba strains belonged to genotype T4 both in clinical and environmental samples. The...

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PMID: 19059239
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.11.003

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