On the diversity and clinical importance of Acanthamoeba spp. from Group 1
| Autor: | Daniele Corsaro |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
General Veterinary biology Acanthamoeba species General Medicine medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Keratitis Acanthamoeba Microbiology Infectious Diseases Medical microbiology Insect Science parasitic diseases Acanthamoeba sp Genotype medicine Parasitology Encephalitis |
| Zdroj: | Parasitology Research. 120:2057-2064 |
| ISSN: | 1432-1955 0932-0113 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00436-021-07171-2 |
| Popis: | Group 1 acanthamoebae are morphologically and phylogenetically distinct from all other Acanthamoeba species. They include five species, each labelled by its genotype: A. astronyxis (T7), A. tubiashi (T8), A. comandoni (T9), unnamed Acanthamoeba sp. (T17), and A. byersi (T18). Thought only environmental, they have recently attracted attention due to their recovery in cases of human keratitis and encephalitis, the main diseases caused by Acanthamoeba, where the usual causative agents are mainly species of Groups 2 and 3. Analysis of the available data confirms the pathogenic importance of these species, although it is probably minor compared to that of the species in Groups 2 and 3. In addition, it should be noted that there are difficulties in identifying genotypes by widely used molecular methods, and some misidentifications are revealed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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