Isolation and characterization of Acanthamoeba spp. from air-conditioners in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Chan, L.L., Mak, J.W., Low, Y.T., Koh, T.T., Ithoi, I., Mohamed, S.M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/4088/1/Chan-2011-Isolation_and_charac.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/4088/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20858455

During a study on the quality of the indoor environment, Acanthamoeba spp. were detected in 20 out of 87 dust samples collected from air-conditioners installed in a four-story campus building located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Twenty-one cloned Acanthamoeba isolates designated as IMU1 to IMU21 were...