isolation of Balamuthia mandrillaris from environmental sources from Peru
isolation of Balamuthia mandrillaris from environmental sources from Peru
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Cabello-Vílchez, Alfonso Martín , Reyes-Batlle, María , Montalbán-Sandoval, Esmelda , Martín-Navarro, Carmen Mª , López-Arencibia, Atteneri , Elias-Letts, Rafaela , Guerra, Humberto , Gotuzzo, Eduardo , Martínez-Carretero, Enrique , Piñero, José E , Maciver, Sutherland K , Valladares, Basilio and Lorenzo-Morales, Jacob
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag
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Balamuthia mandrillaris is an opportunistic free-living amoeba that has been reported to cause skin lesions and the fatal Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis (BAE) in humans and other animals. Currently, around 200 human BAE cases have been reported worldwide, although this number is considered to be underestimated. The highest number of BAE cases has...
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isolation of Balamuthia mandrillaris from environmental sources from Peru
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1753482713
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1753482713
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0932-0113
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1432-1955
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10.1007/s00436-014-3900-2
