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T1 Isolation and molecular identification of Naegleria australiensis in irrigation water of Fuerteventura Island, Spain.
A1 Díaz Peña, Francisco Javier
A1 Reyes Batlle, María
A1 Rizo Liendo, Aitor
A1 Viera Santana Rubén A.
A1 Afonso Morales, Sara
A1 López Arencibia, Atteneri
A1 Sifaoui, Inés
A1 Chiboub, Olfa
A1 Bethencourt Estrella, Carlos J.
A1 San Nicolás Hernández, Desirée
A1 Rodríguez Expósito, Rubén L.
A1 Zamora Herrera, Jornadab
A1 Valladares, Basilio
A1 Piñero, José E.
A1 Lorenzo Morales, Jacob
K1 Free-living amoeba
K1 Naegleria australiensis
K1 Desalinated brackish water
K1 Arid land irrigation
AB Saline groundwater desalination has recently emerged as an alternative source of irrigation water in arid and semiarid regions due to the gradual reduction in the quantity and quality of conventional water resources for agriculturaluse. In Fuerteventura Island (Spain), an extremely arid territory in the European Union, brackish water desalination is one of the few available water sources for agricultural production. Very little research has been conducted on the microbiological quality of this water mainly used for irrigation of vegetable crops. Free-living amoebae (FLA) are widely distributed protozoa in the environment and have been isolated from many environmental sources such as dust, soil and water. Among the pathogenic genera included in this group, Acanthamoeba spp., Naegleria fowleri and Balamuthia mandrillaris have been reported to be causative agents of lethal encephalitis, disseminated infections and keratitis. Particularly, Naegleria fowleriis a pathogenic FLA species which causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).
YR 2019
FD 2019
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NO https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-019-00046-8
DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 21-may-2024