A Descriptive Review of Balamuthia and Non-Keratitis Acanthamoeba Cases in the United States, 1955-2009
Free-living amebae are ubiquitous in the environment and occasionally invade and parasitize host tissues causing illness in humans. Despite possibly frequent exposure to these organisms, infection is rare and why some people, healthy or not, end up with illness and others do not is still unclear....
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Digital Archive @ GSU
2011
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| Online Access: | http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/162 http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1163&context=iph_theses |