Acanthamoeba T3, T4 and T5 in swimming-pool waters from Southern Brazil.

doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.12.008

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Acanthamoeba T3, T4 and T5 in swimming-pool waters from Southern Brazil.

Acta tropica - 1 Mar 2011

Caumo Karin, Rott Marilise B

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Species of Acanthamoeba, known to cause keratitis (AK) and granulomatous encephalitis in humans are frequently isolated from a variety of water sources. In this study, 13 Acanthamoeba isolates from swimming pools were classified at the genotype level based on the sequence analysis of the Acanthamoeba small-subunit rRNA gene. Nine of the 13 isolates were genotype T5, three were genotype T4, and one was T3. Several...

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PMID: 21195045
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.12.008

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