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Isolation and identification of Acanthamoeba species related to amoebic encephalitis and nonpathogenic free-living amoeba species from the rice field.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Oct 2010
Liang S-Y, Ji D-R, Hsia K-T, Hung C-C, Sheng W-H, Hsu B-M, Chen J-S, Wu M-H, Lai C-H, Ji D-D
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AIMS: Isolation and characterization of the clinically relevant amphizoic amoebas in vegetated farmlands, which may present a risk to farmers' health. METHODS AND RESULTS: Acanthamoeba species was isolated and characterized via morphological and molecular means in the rice field where the patient was exposed to rice paddy water which most probably was the point of infection. An Acanthamoeba sp. abundant in the...
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