Genotyping of clinical isolates of Acanthamoeba genus in Venezuela.

doi:10.1515/ap-2016-0110

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Genotyping of clinical isolates of Acanthamoeba genus in Venezuela.

Acta parasitologica - 1 Dec 2016

Wagner Carolina, Reyes-Batlle María, Ysea María Alejandra Vethencourt, Pérez Mónica V Galindo, de Rondón Carmen Guzmán, Paduani Anaibeth J Nessi, Pérez Angelyseb Dorta, López-Arencibia Atteneri, Sifaoui Ines, de Galindo María Virginia Pérez, de Suárez Eva Pérez, Martínez-Carretero Enrique, Valladares Basilio, Piñero José E, Lorenzo-Morales Jacob

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Free-living amoebae of Acanthamoeba genus are opportunistic pathogens distributed worldwide. Strains included in this genus are causative agents of a fatal encephalitis and a sight-threating keratitis in humans and other animals. In this study, 550 clinical samples which were collected between 1984 and 2014 from different patients with suspected infections due to Acanthamoeba were initially screened for the...

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PMID: 27787218
DOI: 10.1515/ap-2016-0110

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