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T1 Balamuthia mandrillaris resistance to hostile conditions
A1 Ortega Rivas, Antonio
A1 Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah
A1 Khan, Naveed Ahmed
A2 Didácticas Específicas
A2 Instituto de Enfermedades Tropicales y Salud Pública de Canarias
AB The resistance of Balamuthia mandrillaris to physical, chemical and radiological conditions was tested. Following treatments, viability was determined by culturing amoebae on human brain microvascular endothelial cells for up to 12 days. B. mandrillaris cysts were resistant to repeated freeze–thawing (five times), temperatures of up to 70 6C, 0.5% SDS, 25 p.p.m. chlorine, 10 mg pentamidine isethionate ml”1 and 200 mJ UV irradiation cm”2.
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