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Genotypic characterization of Acanthamoeba spp. causing ocular infections in Swedish patients: Identification of the T15 genotype in a case of protracted keratitis

Nazila Sharifi Department of Parasitology, Mycology and Environmental Microbiology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna
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Silvia Botero-Kleiven Department of Parasitology, Mycology and Environmental Microbiology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna
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Dan Öhman Department of Ophthalmology, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro
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Antonio Barragan Department of Parasitology, Mycology and Environmental Microbiology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna; Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Jadwiga Winiecka-Krusnell Department of Parasitology, Mycology and Environmental Microbiology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, SolnaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 781-786 | Received 17 Mar 2010, Accepted 29 Apr 2010, Published online: 04 Jun 2010

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