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Diversity of Free-Living Protozoa

Wasit Journal for Pure Sciences
Single-celled creatures are known as protozoa. They range in size and shape from amoebas, which can vary in their shape, to parameciums, which have sophisticated structures and a fixed shape.
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Activity of Silver Nitrate for Treatment of Amoebic Keratitis [PDF]

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
Silver nitrate is an inorganic salt that is active against a wide range of microorganisms, mainly bacteria and fungi. The emergence of antibiotics and new medications led to the abandonment of silver nitrate by modern medicine, however microbial ...
Igor Rodrigues Cardoso, Daniel Ernesto Rodríguez Fernández, Helena Keiko Toma   +2 more
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Human intestinal parasites in Mahajanga, Madagascar: The kingdom of the protozoa.

PLoS ONE, 2018
IntroductionIntestinal parasitic infections are a major public health problem in inter-tropical areas. The aim of our study was to describe the situation in Mahajanga, Madagascar with a particular focus on two protozoa, Dientamoeba fragilis and ...
Valentin Greigert, Ahmed Abou-Bacar, Julie Brunet, Céline Nourrisson, Alexander W Pfaff, Leila Benarbia, Bruno Pereira, Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia, Jean-Louis Razafindrakoto, Rivo Solotiana Rakotomalala, Eugène Morel, Ermanno Candolfi, Philippe Poirier   +12 more
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Co-Occurrence of Free-Living Amoeba and Legionella in Drinking Water Supply Systems

Medicina, 2019
Background and Objectives: Legionella is one of the most important water-related pathogens. Inside the water supply systems and the biofilms, Legionella interact with other bacteria and free-living amoeba (FLA).
Olga Valciņa, Daina Pūle, Artjoms Mališevs, Jūlija Trofimova, Svetlana Makarova, Genadijs Konvisers, Aivars Bērziņš, Angelika Krūmiņa   +7 more
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Transcriptomic Response of Balamuthia mandrillaris to Lippia graveolens Extract Fractions

Microbiology Research
Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living amoeba pathogenic to humans, causing amoebic granulomatous encephalitis (GAE). Due to the associated mortality rates of
Leobardo Daniel Gonzalez-Zuñiga, Jose Reyes Gonzalez-Galaviz, Abraham Cruz-Mendívil, Fernando Lares Villa, Erick Paul Gutiérrez-Grijalva, Jaime López-Cervantes, Dalia I. Sánchez-Machado, Luis Fernando Lares-Jiménez, Libia Zulema Rodriguez-Anaya   +8 more
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Free living amoebae and human disease

Microbiology Australia, 2016
Pathogenic FLA are ubiquitous protozoans and despite frequent human contact remain a rare cause of often devastating infectionwith poor prognosis. Given changes in climate, human encroachment into the environment, increasing immunosuppression, and improving diagnostic capacity, it is likely we will see increased cases in the future.
Evan Bursle, Jennifer Robson
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Identification of Free-Living Amoebas in Tap Water of Buildings with Storage Tanks in Korea. [PDF]

Korean J Parasitol, 2020
Lee DI, Park SH, Baek JH, Yoon JW, Jin SI, Han KE, Yu HS.   +6 more
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Isolamento de amebas de vida livre potencialmente patogênicas em poeira de hospitais

Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJETIVO: Observar a ocorrência de amebas de vida livre dos gêneros Acanthamoeba e Naegleria em amostras de poeira coletadas em hospitais. MÉTODOS: Foram coletadas 132 amostras de poeira em dois hospitais do município de Presidente Prudente, São Paulo ...
Maria Aparecida da Silva, João Aristeu da Rosa   +1 more
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corneal ulceration caused by free-living amoebas in Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander. Cases report. [PDF]

MedUNAB, 2007
Carolina Serrano-Calderón, Carmen Alicia Castillo, Virgilio Galvis Ramírez, Augusto José Gómez, Donaldo Villareal Martínez, Juan José Rey   +5 more
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Addendum: CYTOPLASMIC FILAMENTS OF AMOEBA PROTEUS: I. The Role of Filaments in Consistency Changes and Movement. [PDF]

J Cell Biol
Pollard TD, Ito S.
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