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Presence of potentially pathogenic free-living amoebae strains from well water samples in Guinea-Bissau

Rocío A. BaqueroIAGUUniversity of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain
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María Reyes-BatlleUniversity Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of theCanary Islands, University of La Laguna,Spain
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Graciela G. NicolaIAGUUniversity of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain
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Carmen M. Martín-NavarroIAGUUniversity of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain;Centre for Integrative Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
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Atteneri López-ArencibiaUniversity Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of theCanary Islands, University of La Laguna,Spain
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J. Guillermo EstebanÁrea de ParasitologíaDepartamento de Biología Celular y Parasitología, Universitat deValencia, Spain
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Basilio ValladaresUniversity Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of theCanary Islands, University of La Laguna,Spain
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Enrique Martínez-CarreteroUniversity Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of theCanary Islands, University of La Laguna,Spain
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José E. PiñeroUniversity Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of theCanary Islands, University of La Laguna,Spain
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Jacob Lorenzo-MoralesUniversity Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of theCanary Islands, University of La Laguna,SpainCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 206-211 | Published online: 17 Jun 2014

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