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Etymologia: Naegleria fowleri [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 Nancy Männikkö
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Journal of Water and Health, 2022 The occurrence of amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, in sediment samples from Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana was investigated. This amoeba is pathogenic and can cause primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.
Shalina A. Shahin +7 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 +4 more
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Transmission characteristics and prevention measures of Naegleria fowleri： a review
Shanghai yufang yixue, 2022 ObjectiveTo review the Naegleria fowleri and primary amoebic meningoencephalitis caused by the naegleria fowleri， so as to strengthen the public awareness of the disease and its prevention.MethodsWe reviewed the literatures and reports， and summarized ...
ZHANG Na, ZHOU Yibiao
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Naegleria fowleri meningoencephalitis [PDF]
Neurology, 2003 A previously healthy 5-year-old boy presented with severe headache and neck stiffness. On examination, he exhibited somnolence and nuchal rigidity. The results of CSF studies were as follows: red blood cells, 400/mm3; white blood cells, 1,150/mm3 (91% polymorphonuclear cells); glucose level, …
Darin T, Okuda, Stephen, Coons
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Naegleria fowleri: Portrait of a Cerebral Killer. [PDF]
Diagnostics (Basel)Background: Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) caused by Naegleria fowleri is a rare and devastating infection of the central nervous system, often diagnosed late, due to its rapid progression and nonspecific symptoms. Case Presentation: We report one of the youngest documented pediatric Vietnamese cases of PAM in a 10-month-old girl from the ...
Phung NTN +12 more
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Naegleria fowleri from Pakistan Has Type-2 Genotype
Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2022 Background: Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is an acute and fulminant CNS infection caused by Naegleria fowleri. Recreational activities and ritual ablution with contaminated warm fresh water are the main reason of PAM.
Muhammad Aurongzeb +7 more
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BMC Biology, 2021 Background The opportunistic pathogen Naegleria fowleri establishes infection in the human brain, killing almost invariably within 2 weeks. The amoeba performs piece-meal ingestion, or trogocytosis, of brain material causing direct tissue damage and ...
Emily K. Herman +24 more
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Virtual Screening of Alkaloid and Terpenoid Inhibitors of SMT Expressed in Naegleria sp.
Molecules, 2022 The pathogenic form of thermophilic Naegleria sp. i.e., Naegleria fowleri, also known as brain eating amoeba, causes primary amoebic encephalitis (PAM) with a >97% fatality rate.
Jason Abraham, Neha Chauhan, Supriyo Ray
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Pathogens, 2020 Members of the genus Naegleria are free-living amoebae that are widely distributed in water and soil environments. Moreover, Naegleria fowleri is a pathogenic amoeba species that causes a fatal disease in the central nervous system known as primary ...
Patricia Bonilla-Lemus +9 more
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