Classification of Acanthamoeba. [Rev Infect Dis. 1991 Mar-Apr]

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1: Rev Infect Dis. 1991 Mar-Apr;13 Suppl 5:S369-72.Links

Classification of Acanthamoeba.

Visvesvara GS.

Parasitic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.

Members of the genus Acanthamoeba are being isolated with increasing frequency from clinical specimens, especially contact lens solutions. Although the genus was first established in 1931, considerable confusion about its taxonomic classification existed in the literature until recently. A brief commentary on this confusion is provided, and the taxonomic classifications of Acanthamoeba and the three groups of species are described.

PMID: 2047665 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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