‘Targeting the feast of a sleeping beast’: Nutrient and mineral dependencies of encysted Acanthamoeba castellanii
Acanthamoeba spp. cause a corneal infection, Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), and a cerebral infection, granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE). Though aggressive chemotherapy has been able to kill the active trophozoite form of Acanthamoeba, the encysted form of this parasite has remained problematic...
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Wiley
2020
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1399/ |