Determinación de características asociadas al potencial patogénico de aislamientos de Acanthamoeba, obtenidos a partir de muestras de equipos de la Universidad de Costa Rica
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Castro Artavia, Esteban
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Tesis (licenciatura en microbiología y química clínica)
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- Microbiología [1171]
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