Morphological and Molecular Identification of Acanthamoeba Spp from Surface Waters in Birjand, Iran, During 2014-2015

نویسندگان
Behravan, Mahmoodreza ID 1
Behniafar, Hamed ID 2
Einipour, Soodabeh ID 3
Dorani, Nazanin ID 4
Naghizadeh, Ali ID 5

1 Birjand Hepatitis Research Center and Department of Microbiology, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

2 Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

3 Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

4 Pharmacist, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.

5 Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

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چکیده

Background & Aims of the Study: 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 including a fatal encephalitis, a blinding keratitis, and pneumonia. So, due to their medical importance, the identification of free living amoeba in ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
Acanthamoeba, Water, PCR, Birjand, Surface Water, Microbiology, Iran