Morphological and molecular identification of free living amoeba isolated from hospital water in Tunisia.

doi:10.1007/s00436-015-4788-1

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Morphological and molecular identification of free living amoeba isolated from hospital water in Tunisia.

Parasitology research - 1 Jan 2016

Trabelsi Houaida, Dendana F, Neji S, Sellami H, Cheikhrouhou F, Makni F, Ayadi A

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Free-living amoebae (FLA) are opportunistic and ubiquitous protozoa that are widely found in various environmental sources. They are known to cause serious human infections. The aim of our study was to detect FLA and Acanthamoeba spp. in hospital water circuits. Eighty-four water samples were collected over a period of 4 months (September-December 2011) from different wards of the Sfax University Hospital...

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PMID: 26468150
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4788-1

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