Effect of a Commercial Disinfectant CLORICAN® on Acanthamoeba spp. and Naegleria fowleri Viability
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Chemical
4.2. Cell Culture
4.3. In Vitro Activity Against Trophozoite Stage
4.4. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sifaoui, I.; Rizo-Liendo, A.; Reyes-Batlle, M.; Arberas-Jiménez, I.; Rodríguez-Expósito, R.L.; Piñero, J.E.; Lorenzo-Morales, J. Effect of a Commercial Disinfectant CLORICAN® on Acanthamoeba spp. and Naegleria fowleri Viability. Parasitologia 2021, 1, 119-129. https://doi.org/10.3390/parasitologia1030013
Sifaoui I, Rizo-Liendo A, Reyes-Batlle M, Arberas-Jiménez I, Rodríguez-Expósito RL, Piñero JE, Lorenzo-Morales J. Effect of a Commercial Disinfectant CLORICAN® on Acanthamoeba spp. and Naegleria fowleri Viability. Parasitologia. 2021; 1(3):119-129. https://doi.org/10.3390/parasitologia1030013
Chicago/Turabian StyleSifaoui, Ines, Aitor Rizo-Liendo, María Reyes-Batlle, Iñigo Arberas-Jiménez, Rubén L. Rodríguez-Expósito, José E. Piñero, and Jacob Lorenzo-Morales. 2021. "Effect of a Commercial Disinfectant CLORICAN® on Acanthamoeba spp. and Naegleria fowleri Viability" Parasitologia 1, no. 3: 119-129. https://doi.org/10.3390/parasitologia1030013
APA StyleSifaoui, I., Rizo-Liendo, A., Reyes-Batlle, M., Arberas-Jiménez, I., Rodríguez-Expósito, R. L., Piñero, J. E., & Lorenzo-Morales, J. (2021). Effect of a Commercial Disinfectant CLORICAN® on Acanthamoeba spp. and Naegleria fowleri Viability. Parasitologia, 1(3), 119-129. https://doi.org/10.3390/parasitologia1030013