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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 ...
Yee Ling Lau, J W Mak, Rohela Mahmud
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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, Elena Dlusskaya, Mariem Oloroso, Nicholas J. Ashbolt   +3 more
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The Amazing Evolutionary Complexity of Eukaryotic Tubulins: Lessons from Naegleria and the Multi-tubulin Hypothesis

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
doaj   +1 more source

Current report on the prevalence of free-living amoebae (FLA) in natural hot springs: a systematic review

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, Xyleen Rianne Shae Diesta, John Anthony Oronan, Kim Sofia Verdejo, Joe-Anna Sheilla Marie Garcia, Ma. Sophia Romey, Giovanni De Jesus Milanez   +6 more
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Detection of potentially pathogenic free-living amoebae from the Caspian Sea and hospital ward dust of teaching hospitals in Guilan, Iran

Journal of Water and Health, 2021
Free-living amoebae (FLA) thrive in diverse environmental conditions. The present study aimed to define the FLA distribution from the Caspian Sea as well as from hospital ward dust from Guilan, Iran.
Mohammad Reza Mahmoudi, Nozhat Zebardast, Frederick R. Masangkay, Panagiotis Karanis   +3 more
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Prevalence of Naegleria fowleri in Environmental Samples from Northern Part of India. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Naegleria fowleri the causative agent of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis, is ubiquitously distributed worldwide in various warm aquatic environments and soil habitats. The present study reports on the presence of Naegleria spp.
Ashutosh Panda, Shehla Khalil, Bijay Ranjan Mirdha, Yogita Singh, Samander Kaushik   +4 more
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Naegleria genus pangenome reveals new structural and functional insights into the versatility of these free-living amoebae

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
Alexis Dereeper, Nina Allouch, Vincent Guerlais, Maëlle Garnier, Laurence Ma, Johan F. De Jonckheere, Sandeep J. Joseph, Ibne Karim M. Ali, Antoine Talarmin, Isabel Marcelino   +9 more
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Naegleria australiensis isolated from a wastewater treatment station in Santiago Island, Cape Verde

Journal of Water and Health, 2023
Despite the Naegleria genus being isolated from different natural environments such as water, soil, and air, not all Naegleria species are capable of causing infections in humans, and they are capable of completing their life cycle in environmental ...
Djeniffer Sousa-Ramos, María Reyes-Batlle, Natalia Karla Bellini, Rubén Leocadio Rodríguez-Expósito, José Enrique Piñero, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales   +5 more
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First identification of Naegleria species and Vahlkampfia ciguana in Nile water, Cairo, Egypt: Seasonal morphology and phylogenetic analysis

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2020
Background/Purpose: In Egypt, there is a scarcity of data concerning Naegleria (N.) family, with a shortage of phylogenetic studies. This study's aim was molecular detection, sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of morphologically identified Nagleria and
Ayman A. El-Badry, Sayeda M. Aufy, Eman S. El-Wakil, Enas M. Rizk, Soheir S. Mahmoud, Nahed Y. Taha   +5 more
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IN VITRO IDENTIFICATION OF NAEGLERIA AND ACANTHAMOEBA ISOLATED FROM WATER AND SEAGE [PDF]

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 1993
Potentially pathogenic free-living amoebae of the genera Naegleria and Acanthamoeba were isolated from the Egyptian aquatic environment (water and sewage). The isolated species of both genera were identified on the basis of morphological characteristics,
K. ASHMAWY, M. HILALI, S.A. ABU EL-WAFA, H. SAMAHA, A.A. DRAZ, A. SALEM   +5 more
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