Species Identification of Acanthamoeba Strains Isolated from Patients Referring to Farabi Eye Reference Center Using PCR-RFLP Method

• Egile Nagusiak: Mir Mostafa Ghamilouie (Egilea), Zarrintaj Valadkhani (Egilea), Fariba Khoshzaban (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Pasteur Institute of Iran, 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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Introduction: Acanthamoeba is an opportunistic protist, which is ubiquitously distributed in the environment. Infection with Acanthamoeba spp. poses threat to human health, such as, Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) that is a vision-threatening infection of the cornea. This study aimed to identify the spe...