Genotypic diversity of Acanthamoeba strains isolated from Chilean patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis

BACKGROUND: Acanthamoeba spp. are the causative agents of a severe keratitis occurring mainly in contact lens wearers. The genus comprises more than 24 species that are currently divided into 20 different genotypes (T1-T20) according to sequence variations in the 18S rRNA gene. The objective of this...

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Autores principales: Jercic, María Isabel, Aguayo, Carolina, Saldarriaga-Córdoba, Mónica, Muiño, Laura, Chenet, Stella Maris, Lagos, Jaime, Osuna, Antonio, Fernández, Jorge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6346584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30683157
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3302-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6346584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30683157
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3302-5

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