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Evaluating the Drinking Water Distribution System of Lahore for Free-Living Amoebas, Particularly Naegleria spp. [PDF]
Journal of Parasitology ResearchFree-living amoebas are ubiquitous in distribution systems and recreational waters. Numerous studies have described the problem posed by their presence in the drinking water distribution systems of Lahore; however, very few studies have been done on ...
Ayesha Najam +4 more
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Detection and identification of Naegleria species along with Naegleria fowleri in the tap water samples [PDF]
BMC Medical GenomicsNaegleria fowleri, the causative agent of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), is commonly found in warm freshwater environments and can enter the brain through nasal passages during activities like swimming or ablution.
Muhammad Aurongzeb +7 more
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First evidence of free-living Naegleria species in recreational lakes of Alberta, Canada
Journal of Water and Health, 2023 Rising temperatures are increasing environmental habitats for thermotolerant pathogens, such as the so-called ‘brain-eating amoeba’, Naegleria fowleri. To the best of our knowledge, however, Naegleria species have not been reported in environmental water
Rafik Dey +3 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 IntroductionFree-living amoebae of the Naegleria genus belong to the major protist clade Heterolobosea and are ubiquitously distributed in soil and freshwater habitats. Of the 47 Naegleria species described, N. fowleri is the only one being pathogenic to
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Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022 The multi-tubulin hypothesis proposed in 1976 was motivated by finding that the tubulin to build the flagellar apparatus was synthesized de novo during the optional differentiation of Naegleria from walking amoebae to swimming flagellates.
Chandler Fulton
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Comparative single-cell genomics of two uncultivated Naegleria species harboring Legionella cobionts [PDF]
mSphereAmoeboflagellates of the genus Naegleria are free-living protists ubiquitously found in soil and freshwater habitats worldwide. They include the “brain-eating amoeba” Naegleria fowleri, an opportunistic pathogen that causes primary amoebic ...
Jamie McGowan +11 more
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Detection of Naegleria species in environmental samples from Peninsular Malaysia.
PLoS ONE, 2011 BackgroundIn Malaysia, researchers and medical practitioners are unfamiliar with Naegleria infections. Thus little is known about the existence of pathogenic Naegleria fowleri, and the resultant primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is seldom ...
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Short-term sequence evolution and vertical inheritance of the
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2006 Background Ribosomal DNA of several species of the free-living Naegleria amoeba harbors an optional group I intron within the nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA gene.
De Jonckheere Johan F +3 more
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The Genome of Naegleria gruberi Illuminates Early Eukaryotic Versatility [PDF]
Cell, 2010 Lillian K Fritz-Laylin +2 more
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Journal of Water and Health, 2021 The occurrence of potentially pathogenic free-living amoebae (FLA) in natural hot springs is considered a public health concern. FLAs are known to cause serious health outcomes to a wide spectrum of mammalian hosts. The present study aimed to provide the
Mary Rachael Leigh Fabros +6 more
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