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New tool for the simultaneous detection of 10 different genotypes of Acanthamoeba available from the American Type Culture Collection.
The British journal of ophthalmology - 1 Aug 2009
Goldschmidt P, Degorge S, Benallaoua D, Saint-Jean C, Batellier L, Alouch C, Laroche L, Chaumeil C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a sight-threatening infection, and none of the current diagnosis tests are able to detect in one reaction low levels of the vast majority of strains associated with pathology. The goal of this work was to validate a new tool for the detection of the American Type Cell Collection (ATCC) referenced Acanthamoeba monitoring simultaneously DNA extraction yields and PCR...
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