Acanthamoeba produces disseminated infection in locusts and traverses the locust blood-brain barrier to invade the central nervous system [PDF]
, 2010 Background\ud \ud Many aspects of Acanthamoeba granulomatous encephalitis remain poorly understood, including host susceptibility and chronic colonization which represent important features of the spectrum of host-pathogen interactions.
Graham Goldsworthy +3 more
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Lectins and Tetrahymena – A review [PDF]
, 2016 The unicellular ciliate Tetrahymena is a complete organism, one of the most highly developed protozoans, which has specialized organelles performing each of the functions characteristic to the cells of higher ranked animals.
Csaba, György
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Patogenicidad de las amebas de vida libre aisladas de fuentes de agua en Lima
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2008 Objetivos. Determinar la presencia de amebas de vida libre (AVL) en fuentes de agua del departamento de Lima y evaluar su capacidad patógena en ratones normales e inmunosuprimidos. Materiales y métodos.
María del Carmen Garaycochea +2 more
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Enhanced survival but not amplification of Francisella spp. in the presence of free-living amoebae [PDF]
, 2016 Transmission of Francisella tularensis, the etiologic agent of tularemia, has been associated with various water sources. Survival of many waterborne pathogens within free-living amoeba (FLA) is well documented; however, the role of amoebae in the ...
Buse, Helen Y. +2 more
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Toxoplasma Effector MAF1 Mediates Recruitment of Host Mitochondria and Impacts the Host Response [PDF]
, 2014 Recent information has revealed the functional diversity and importance of mitochondria in many cellular processes including orchestrating the innate immune response. Intriguingly, several infectious agents, such as Toxoplasma, Legionella, and Chlamydia,
A Barragan +74 more
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Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2017 Background: The aim of this study was to compare between slow and rapid sand filters for the removal of free-living amoebae during drinking water treatment production.
Ahmad Z. AL-HERRAWY, Mahmoud A. GAD
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Presence of Chlamydiales DNA in ticks and fleas suggests that ticks are carriers of Chlamydiae. [PDF]
, 2014 The Chlamydiales order includes the Chlamydiaceae, Parachlamydiaceae, Waddliaceae, Simkaniaceae, Criblamydiaceae, Rhabdochlamydiaceae, Clavichlamydiaceae, and Piscichlamydiaceae families.
Aeby, S. +6 more
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Biodiversity in drinking water distribution systems:a brief review [PDF]
, 1997 In drinking water distribution systems, three groups of living organisms are usually found in the biofilm and circulating water: heterotrophic bacteria, free-living protozoa, and macro-invertebrates.
Block, J.C. +5 more
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Signaling pathways for transduction of the initial message of the glycocode into cellular responses [PDF]
, 1998 The sugar units of glycan structures store information and establish an alphabet of life. The language of the oligosaccharide coding units is deciphered by receptors such as lectins and the decoded message can be transduced by multiple signaling pathways.
Gabius, Hans-Joachim, Villalobo, A.
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An investigation into the relationship between intracellular bacteria and Acanthamoeba spp. [PDF]
, 2015 Acanthamoeba is an opportunistic single-celled protist, found ubiquitously in nature. It is the causative agent of the sight-threatening eye disease, Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), and has been shown to act as a protective harbor for a variety of bacterial
Grible, Jacqueline
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