Sriram Rama, Shoff Megan, Booton Gregory, Fuerst Paul, Visvesvara Govinda S
Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, USA.
J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Dec;46(12):4045-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01903-08. Epub 2008 Oct 15.
Acanthamoeba is a free-living ameba that is found throughout the world and that causes encephalitis, keratitis, and cutaneous infections in humans. It has two stages in its life cycle: a trophic stage and a resistant cyst stage. We describe here the ability of Acanthamoeba cysts to survive desiccation for more than 20 years.
棘阿米巴是一种自由生活的变形虫,在世界各地均有发现,可导致人类发生脑炎、角膜炎和皮肤感染。其生命周期有两个阶段:滋养体阶段和具有抗性的包囊阶段。我们在此描述棘阿米巴包囊在干燥环境下存活超过20年的能力。