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Isolation and characterization of a potentially virulent species<i>Entamoeba nuttalli</i>from captive Japanese macaques
27 Jul 2009
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We have recently proposed revival of the name Entamoeba nuttalli Castellani, 1908 for a virulent amoeba (P19-061405 strain) isolated from a rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) and located phylogenetically between E. histolytica and E. dispar. In this study, E. nuttalli was isolated from feces of captive Japanese macaques (M. fuscata) in an open-air corral in Japan. The sequence of the 18S rRNA gene in the isolates...
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