Photosensitized inactivation of Acanthamoeba palestinensis in the cystic stage

Aims:  To develop alternative approaches for medical and environmental control of pathogenic Acanthamoeba spp. by means of photodynamic treatment with a tetracationic Zn(II)‐phthalocyanine (RLP068).

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