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Approach to amoebic colitis: Epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic considerations in a non-endemic context (Barcelona, 2007-2017).

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundAmoebic colitis is the most frequent clinical manifestation of invasive intestinal infection due to Entamoeba histolytica and a common cause of diarrhoea worldwide. Since higher transmission rates are usually related to poor health and exposure
Sílvia Roure, Lluís Valerio, Laura Soldevila, Fernando Salvador, Gema Fernández-Rivas, Elena Sulleiro, Míriam Mañosa, Nieves Sopena, José Luis Mate, Bonaventura Clotet   +9 more
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Predator–Microbe Dynamics Inform Strategies for Robust Synthetic Community Assembly

Environmental Microbiology, Volume 28, Issue 6, June 2026.
This Review introduces ecological principles of predator–prey interactions as a new dimension in SynCom design. By linking microbial defence traits, encounter dynamics, and adaptive buffering, it outlines a framework for constructing predator‐resistant synthetic communities with enhanced resilience, stability, and functional performance under natural ...
Eleonora Egidi, Uffe N. Nielsen
wiley   +1 more source

Risk Is Not Equal to Impact: The Challenges of Developing a Traffic Light System to Regulate Farmed Salmon Production on an Ecosystem Scale

Reviews in Aquaculture, Volume 18, Issue 3, June 2026.
ABSTRACT We review information on salmon farming production, environmental and climatic variables covering all salmon farming areas in the Patagonia marine ecosystems over a 10‐year period in Chile. With this information, we develop a semi‐quantitative Environmental and Productive Risk Assessment (RA) model as a guide for the design of a Traffic Light ...
Doris Soto, Rodrigo M. Montes, Renato A. Quiñones, Jorge León‐Muñoz, Marcelo E. Fuentes, Ruben Avendaño‐Herrera, Elias Pinilla, Jessica Fuentes, Carlos Chávez   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Screening of the Anti-amoebic Effect of Boric Acid on Acanthamoeba spp. and Its Cytotoxic Activity on Human Neuroblastoma and Keratinocyte Cell Lines

Düzce Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi
Aim: Acanthamoeba spp. infections are rare but may cause severe keratitis. Boric acid (BA) is widely used in ophthalmic solutions because of its buffering and antiseptic properties.
Ömer Erdoğan, Erdogan Malatyali
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Mucosal Delivery of ACNPV Baculovirus Driving Expression of the Gal-Lectin LC3 Fragment Confers Protection against Amoebic Liver Abscess in Hamster

International Journal of Biological Sciences, 2011
Mucosal vaccination against amoebiasis using the Gal-lectin of E. histolytica has been proposed as one of the leading strategies for controlling this human disease.
DM Meneses-Ruiz, JP Laclette, H Aguilar-Díaz, J Hernández-Ruiz, A Luz-Madrigal, A Sampieri, L Vaca, JC Carrero
doaj  

Effect of povidone iodine, chlorhexidine digluconate and toyocamycin on amphizoic amoebic strains, infectious agents of Acanthamoeba keratitis – a growing threat to human health worldwide

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2018
Introduction Free-living amoebae, ubiquitous in outer environments, in predisposing circumstances may exist as parasites, infectious agents of Acanthamoeba keratitis.
Marcin Padzik, Wanda Baltaza, David Bruce Conn, Jacek P. Szaflik, Lidia Chomicz   +4 more
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Standardization and evaluation of ELISA for the serodiagnosis of amoebic liver abscess

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1994
An ELISA test for the serological diagnosisof amoebic liver abscess (ALA) was standardized and evaluated in sera from three groups of patients: (1) three patients with diagnosis confirmed by isolation of the parasite,(2) thirty seven patients with ...
R. Santiago Nicholls, Marcos I. Restrepo, Sofia Duque, M. Consuelo Lopez, Augusto Corredor   +4 more
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Mannich-Type Condensation and Domino Quinazolinone-Amidine Rearrangement Affords Ring-Fused Mackinazolinones with Anti-Amoebic Activity. [PDF]

Adv Synth Catal, 2023
Lish MS, Milanes JE, Sanders KM, Guzei IA, Morris JC, Golden JE.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Comprehensive Review on Medicinal Value and Pharmacological Profile of Simarouba Amara [Abul]

Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences
Simarouba amara is a tree species from the Simaroubaceae family, native to the rainforests, savannahs, and Caribbean regions of Central and South America.
Rajani Vallepu, Divya Kodiganti, Nagaraju C N, Savitha P N   +3 more
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In vitro activity of Ricinus communis (castor oil) on cysts of Entamoeba histolytica

Phytomedicine Plus
Background: No descriptions in scientific literature exist about anti Entamoeba histolytica effect of Ricinus communis although is used by traditional medicine in Latin America for treatment or prophylaxis of intestinal amebiasis.
Deicy Muñoz-Sánchez, Yimmi Pinto, Juan David Valencia-Hernandez, Fabiana Lora-Suarez, Jose Miguel Sanchez, Jorge Enrique Gómez-Marín   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source