Acanthamoeba genotype T4 detected in naturally-infected feline corneas found to be in homology with those causing human keratitis

• Main Authors: Ithoi, I., Mahmud, R., Basher, M.H.A., Jali, A., Abdulsalam, A.M., Ibrahim, J., Mak, J.W.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/8688/1/Acanthamoeba_genotype_T4_detected.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/8688/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

A total of 10 out of 65 cornea swab samples from cats with eye symptoms showed Acanthamoeba-like morphology after cultivation. By PCR and DNA sequencing of Acanthamoeba diagnostic fragment 3 (DF3), all 10 isolates from the positive samples were categorized into two homologous groups of AfC1 (PM1, PM...