%0 Journal Article
%T Isolation and genotyping of Acanthamoeba spp. from Acanthamoeba meningitis/ meningoencephalitis (AME) patients in India
%A Gita Satpathy
%A Himanshu Sekhar Behera
%A Manjari Tripathi
%J Archive of "Parasites & Vectors".
%D 2016
%R 10.1186/s13071-016-1729-5
%X Acanthamoeba spp. are free-living ubiquitous protozoans capable of causing Acanthamoeba meningitis/meningoencephalitis (AME) of the central nervous system in humans. Acanthamoeba spp. are divided into 20 different genotypes (T1¨CT20) on the basis of variation in nucleotide sequences of the 18S rRNA gene. The objective of this study was to identify the genotypes of Acanthamoeba spp. in patients of Acanthamoeba meningitis/meningoencephalitis (AME) using 18S rRNA gene-based PCR assay. The present study provides information regarding the involvement of the most prevalent and predominant genotype of Acanthamoeba spp. in Acanthamoeba meningitis/meningoencephalitis infections in India
%K Acanthamoeba meningoencephalitis
%K Acanthamoeba meningitis
%K Genotyping
%K Culture of Acanthamoeba
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4977702/