POTENTIALLY PATHOGENIC FREE-LIVING AMOEBAE IN SOME FLOOD-AFFECTED AREAS DURING 2011 CHIANG MAI FLOOD

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Anchalee Wannasan, Pichart Uparanukraw, Apichart Songsangchun, Nimit Morakote
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2013
• Subjects: Flood; Chiang Mai; Free-living amoebae; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Chiang
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652013000600007; https://doaj.org/article/68ca171c79334ce3ba1dfd1a7e8f92b1

SUMMARY The survey was carried out to investigate the presence of potentially pathogenic free-living amoebae (FLA) during flood in Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2011. From different crisis flood areas, seven water samples were collected and tested for the presence of amoebae using culture and molecular me...