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Key Regulators of Parasite Biology Viewed Through a Post‐Translational Modification Repertoire

PROTEOMICS, Volume 25, Issue 21-22, Page 253-276, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Parasites are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in both humans and animals, imposing substantial socioeconomic burdens worldwide. Controlling parasitic diseases has become one of the key issues in achieving “One Health”. Most parasites have sophisticated life cycles exhibiting progressive developmental stages, morphologies, and ...
Naiwen Zhang, Ning Jiang, Qijun Chen
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Species Identification of Acanthamoeba Strains Isolated from Patients Referring to Farabi Eye Reference Center Using PCR-RFLP Method

Journal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2014
Introduction: Acanthamoeba is an opportunistic protist, which is ubiquitously distributed in the environment. Infection with Acanthamoeba spp. poses threat to human health, such as, Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) that is a vision-threatening infection of ...
Mir Mostafa Ghamilouie, Zarrintaj Valadkhani, Fariba Khoshzaban   +2 more
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Cobalt nanoparticles as novel nanotherapeutics against Acanthamoeba castellanii

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Species of Acanthamoeba are facultative pathogens which can cause sight threatening Acanthamoeba keratitis and a rare but deadly brain infection, granulomatous amoebic encephalitis.
Ayaz Anwar, Arshid Numan, R. Siddiqui, M. Khalid, N. Khan   +4 more
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[Acanthamoeba keratitis].

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 1996
Three patients, women aged 69, 25 and 30 years, with refractory keratitis were found to have a rare infection with Acanthamoeba. All wore soft contact lenses. The frequency of Acanthamoeba keratitis increased in recent years. At present, an efficacious antiprotozoal therapy is available, for instance in the form of polyhexamethylene biguanide and ...
Eggink, C.A., Vaandrager, W., Burger, D.M., Sauerwein, R.W.   +3 more
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Database Release: PPSDB, a Linked Open Data Knowledge Base for Protist–Prokaryote Symbioses

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, Volume 72, Issue 6, November/December 2025.
ABSTRACT As the ecological and evolutionary importance of symbiotic interactions between protists (microbial eukaryotes) and prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea) is better appreciated, keeping an overview of their diversity and the literature becomes a growing and ongoing challenge.
Brandon K. B. Seah
wiley   +1 more source

The Acanthamoeba-Fungal Keratitis Study.

American journal of ophthalmology-glaucoma, 2019
PURPOSE To ascertain the incidence of Acanthamoeba keratitis and the coexistence of Acanthamoeba and fungi in microbial keratitis. DESIGN Prospective cross-sectional study.
Anita Raghavan, Shaffie Baidwal, Narendran Venkatapathy, Ram Rammohan   +3 more
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Porcine Corneal Tissue and Xenozoonotic Risks: A Review of the Current Evidence

Xenotransplantation, Volume 32, Issue 6, November/December 2025.
ABSTRACT Corneal opacities affect millions worldwide, with corneal transplantation as the primary treatment. However, donor shortages remain a challenge, leaving thousands waiting for transplants. Xenotransplantation using porcine corneas has emerged as a promising alternative due to anatomical and physiological similarities with human corneas ...
Rodrigo Moreira, Heloisa Nascimento, Thaís Maria da Mata Martins, Gabriel Barbieri, Pedro Pires, Lucimeire N. Carvalho, Larissa R. Rosa, Augusto Almeida, Carmen Luz Pessuti, Henrique Ferrer, José Álvaro Pereira Gomes, Ernesto Goulart, Silvano Raia, Rubens Belfort Jr   +13 more
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Cellulose fibrils formation and organisation of cytoskeleton during encystment are essential for Acanthamoeba cyst wall architecture

Scientific Reports, 2019
Acanthamoebae success as human pathogens is largely due to the highly resistant cysts which represent a crucial problem in treatment of Acanthamoeba infections.
M. Garajová, M. Mrva, N. Vaškovicová, M. Martinka, J. Melicherová, A. Valigurová   +5 more
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In Vitro Evaluation of the Inhibitory Effect of Topical Ophthalmic Agents on Acanthamoeba Viability

Translational Vision Science & Technology, 2019
Purpose To compare the antimicrobial effect of topical anesthetics, antivirals, antibiotics, and biocides on the viability of Acanthamoeba cysts and trophozoites in vitro. Methods Amoebicidal and cysticidal assays were performed against both trophozoites
Wayne Heaselgrave, A. Hamad, Steven John Coles, S. Hau   +3 more
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Can Acanthamoeba keratitis be properly diagnosed without culture in the real-world clinical microbiology laboratory?: a case report

Annals of Clinical Microbiology
Acanthamoeba species are ubiquitous, free-living organisms found in the environment. They can cause a sight-threatening cornea disease, termed Acanthamoeba keratitis, and are often misdiagnosed, causing delayed administration of the correct treatment ...
Bosung Park, Ho Seok Chung, Eun Jeong Won, Heungsup Sung, Mi-Na Kim   +4 more
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