Journal:
:iranian journal of parasitology
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hamed mirjalali dept. of medical parasitology and mycology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
maryam niyyati dept. of medical parasitology and mycology, school of medicine, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
hoda abedkhojasteh dept. of medical parasitology and mycology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
zahra babaei dept. of parasitology, school of medicine, kerman university of medical sciences, kerman, iran.
meysam sharifdini dept. of medical parasitology and mycology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
mostafa rezaeian dept. of medical parasitology and mycology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran and center for research of endemic parasites of iran (crepi), tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
background: acanthamoeba genus is introduced as opportunistic and cosmopoli-tan parasite. monkey and wistar rat are appropriate models for experimental study on acanthamoeba infection. in this study acanthamoeba spp. were isolated from hot spring (hs), windows dust (wd) and a corneal sample of keratitis patient (kp) and their pathogenicity surveyed by in vitro and in vivo tests. methods: isolat...
