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Investigating the frequency of free-living amoeba in water resources with emphasis on Acanthamoeba in Bandar Abbas city, Hormozgan province, Iran in 2019–2020

BMC Research Notes, 2020
Objective These amoebas can cause dangerous illnesses when they accidentally enter the human body, so it is necessary to determine various forms of organisms in water resources to prevent the danger they can cause and risks to human health. Currently, in
Homa Attariani, Habibollah Turki, Saeed Shoja, Abdoreza Salahi-Moghaddam, Amin Ghanbarnejad, Jebreil Shamseddin   +5 more
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Free-Living Amoebae Keratitis

Cornea, 2017
Purpose: To describe the diagnostic and clinical features and treatment results in 43 consecutive patients with microbiologically proven free-living amoebae (FLA) keratitis. Methods: In this hospital-based, prospective case series, corneal scrapings from 43 patients with presumed ...
PINNA, Antonio, Porcu, Tiziana, BOSCIA, Francesco, CANO, Antonella, ERRE, GIUSEPPE LUIGI, MATTANA, Antonella   +5 more
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Description of Virulent Factors and Horizontal Gene Transfers of Keratitis-Associated Amoeba Acanthamoeba Triangularis by Genome Analysis

Pathogens, 2020
Acanthamoeba triangularis strain SH 621 is a free-living amoeba belonging to Acanthamoeba ribo-genotype T4. This ubiquitous protist is among the free-living amoebas responsible for Acanthamoeba keratitis, a severe infection of human cornea.
Issam Hasni, Julien Andréani, Philippe Colson, Bernard La Scola   +3 more
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Bacteria and free-living amoeba in the Lascaux Cave [PDF]

Research in Microbiology, 2009
The Lascaux Cave was discovered in 1940, and by 1960 it had received up to 1800 daily visitors. In 1963, the cave was closed and in 2001 it was invaded by a Fusarium solani species complex which was treated for four years with benzalkonium chloride. However, Lascaux Cave bacteria have only been poorly investigated.
Bastian, Fabiola, Alabouvette, Claude, Saiz-Jimenez, Cesáreo   +2 more
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Macroelement and Microelement Levels in the Urine in Experimental Acanthamoebiasis

Pathogens, 2023
Free-living amoebas can impact the excretion of macroelements and microelements in urine. The aim of the present study was to examine the concentrations of macroelements, including calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), sodium (Na), potassium (K), and magnesium ...
Natalia Łanocha-Arendarczyk, Karolina Kot, Irena Baranowska-Bosiacka, Patrycja Kupnicka, Dagmara Przydalska, Aleksandra Łanocha, Dariusz Chlubek, Iwona Wojciechowska-Koszko, Danuta Izabela Kosik-Bogacka   +8 more
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Pathogenic waterborne free-living amoebae: An update from selected Southeast Asian countries. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Data on the distribution of free-living amoebae is still lacking especially in Southeast Asian region. The aquatic environment revealed a high occurrence of free-living amoebae (FLA) due to its suitable condition and availability of food source, which ...
Mohamad Azlan Abdul Majid, Tooba Mahboob, Brandon G J Mong, Narong Jaturas, Reena Leeba Richard, Tan Tian-Chye, Anusorn Phimphila, Panomphanh Mahaphonh, Kyaw Nyein Aye, Wai Lynn Aung, Joon Chuah, Alan D Ziegler, Atipat Yasiri, Nongyao Sawangjaroen, Yvonne A L Lim, Veeranoot Nissapatorn   +15 more
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Proteomics and Lipidomics Investigations to Decipher the Behavior of Willaertia magna C2c Maky According to Different Culture Modes

Microorganisms, 2020
Willaertia magna C2c Maky is a free-living amoeba that has demonstrated its ability to inhibit the intracellular multiplication of some Legionella pneumophila strains, which are pathogenic bacteria inhabiting the aquatic environment.
Issam Hasni, Nicholas Armstrong, Philippe Decloquement, Said Azza, Anthony Fontanini, Olivier Abbe, Amina Cherif Louazani, Sandrine Demanèche, Eric Chabrière, Philippe Colson, Bernard La Scola   +10 more
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Evaluation of the occurrence of pathogenic free‐living amoeba and bacteria in 20 public indoor swimming pool facilities

MicrobiologyOpen, 2021
Recently, indoor swimming pool activities have increased to promote health‐enhancing physical activities, which require establishing suitable protocols for disinfection and water quality control.
María Reyes‐Batlle, Marta F. Gabriel, Rubén Rodríguez‐Expósito, Fátima Felgueiras, Ines Sifaoui, Zenaida Mourão, Eduardo deOliveira Fernandes, José E. Piñero, Jacob Lorenzo‐Morales   +8 more
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Isolation of Naegleria spp. from a Brazilian Water Source

Pathogens, 2020
The genus Naegleria, of the free-living amoeba (FLA) group, has been investigated mainly due to its human health impact, resulting in deadly infections and their worldwide distribution on freshwater systems. Naegleria fowleri, colloquially known as the &#
Natália Karla Bellini, Ana Letícia Moreira da Fonseca, María Reyes-Batlle, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, Odete Rocha, Otavio Henrique Thiemann   +5 more
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Microbial Biofilms as a Risk Factor for Acantahmoeba keratitis

Novelty in Biomedicine, 2022
Members of the protozoan genus Acanthamoeba are free-living amoebas and the primary causative agent of amoebic keratitis and granulomatous encephalitis.
Maryam Norouzi, Maryam Niyyati, Hamerd Behniafar   +2 more
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