High occurrence of Acanthamoeba spp. in the water samples of public swimming pools from Kerman Province, Iran

• Main Authors: Raheleh Eftekhari-Kenzerki (Author), Kavous Solhjoo (Author), Zahra Babaei (Author), Hassan Rezanezhad (Author), Ahmad Abolghazi (Author), Ali Taghipour (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: IWA Publishing, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Acanthamoeba spp. is a free-living amoeba that can cause major infections in humans, including keratitis and granulomatous encephalitis. Thus, water resources play an important role in transmitting Acanthamoeba spp. infection to humans. The purpose of this study was to investigate the presence of Ac...