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Prevalence of free living amoeba in the domestic waters reservoirs in Sfax, Tunisia.

Exp Parasitol

October 2018

Laboratory of Fungal and Parasitic Molecular Biology, School of Medicine Sfax, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia; Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Habib Bourguiba University Sfax Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia.

Free living amoebas (FLA) are opportunistic pathogen found in different water sources in the environment. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of free living amoeba in different samples of domestic water reserves (DWR) in Sfax region from Tunisia. It was a prospective study dealing with 486 water samples collected from different DWR.

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Isolation and molecular identification of Acanthamoeba spp from oasis water in Tunisia.

Exp Parasitol

April 2018

Laboratory of Fungal and Parasitic Molecular Biology, School of Medicine Sfax, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia; Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Habib Bourguiba University Sfax Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia.

In the southern Tunisia Oasis, we conducted 211 water with drawals from various water traffic sites. This water is used for agriculture, swimming or various other human activities. Acanthamoeba genus was detected in 82% of collected samples.

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