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Long-term survival and virulence of Mycobacterium leprae in amoebal cysts. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 Leprosy is a curable neglected disease of humans caused by Mycobacterium leprae that affects the skin and peripheral nerves and manifests clinically in various forms ranging from self-resolving, tuberculoid leprosy to lepromatous leprosy having ...
William H Wheat +9 more
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POTENTIALLY PATHOGENIC FREE-LIVING AMOEBAE IN SOME FLOOD-AFFECTED AREAS DURING 2011 CHIANG MAI FLOOD
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2013 SUMMARY The survey was carried out to investigate the presence of potentially pathogenic free-living amoebae (FLA) during flood in Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2011.
Anchalee Wannasan +3 more
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Multiplication of Legionella spp. in tap water containing Hartmannella vermiformis [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 1991 A model was developed to study the multiplication of various Legionella spp. in tap water containing Hartmannella vermiformis. Tap water cultures prepared with the following components were suitable for the multiplication studies: Legionella spp., 10(3) CFU/ml; H.
R M, Wadowsky +7 more
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Journal of Fish Diseases, Volume 43, Issue 7, Page 779-790, July 2020., 2020 Abstract Neoparamoeba perurans is the causative agent of amoebic gill disease (AGD). Two loop‐mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays targeting the parasite 18S rRNA and the Atlantic salmon EF1α, used as internal control, were designed. The N. perurans LAMP assay did not amplify close relatives N. pemaquidensis and N.
Irene Cano +6 more
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, 2016 Hartmannella / Copromyxa The 18S rDNA sequences of the two strains most closely related to Hartmannella / Copromyxa were highly divergent (p -distance 9.4%, 113 differing positions). In the ML phylogeny (Fig. 4A) they were most closely related to and had a basal position in the lineage including Copromyxa protea, Copromyxa / Hartmannella ...
Van Wichelen, Jeroen +6 more
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Amebas de vida livre no intestino humano: evidências de parasitismo
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1985 Foram cultivadas fezes de 620 indivíduos para a pesquisa de amebas de vida livre, sendo 514 pacientes do Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto (UERJ) e 106 crianças e adultos de um orfanato.
Hércules de Moura +4 more
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Journal of Lipid Research, 1965 On the basis of the unsaturated fatty acids which they synthesize, protists can be grouped in a meaningful way. Thus, the unsaturated fatty acids of the true slime mold are identical with the unsaturated fatty acids of the soil amoebae Acanthamoeba and ...
Edward D. Korn +2 more
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First Report of Hartmannella keratitis in a Cosmetic Soft Contact Lens Wearer in Iran
Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2013 Background: Poor hygiene will provide good condition for corneal infections by opportunistic free-living amoebae (FLA) in soft contact lens wearers. In the present study an amoebic keratitis due to Hartmannella has been recognized in a 22-year-old girl ...
Hoda Abedkhojasteh +5 more
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Microbiological and Physicochemical Quality of Well Water Used as a Source of Public Supply
Air, Soil and Water Research, 2010 The sources of microbial and chemical contamination of groundwater are numerous and have severe implications for public health. The objective was to determine the microbiological and physicochemical quality of wells in the west and east of the Cuautla ...
Elizabeth Ramirez +3 more
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mBio, 2013 Recent studies have shown that the clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats (CRISPR) array and its associated (cas) genes can play a key role in bacterial immunity against phage and plasmids.
Felizza F. Gunderson +1 more
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