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Genomics and transcriptomics yields a system-level view of the biology of the pathogen Naegleria fowleri [PDF]

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, Alex Greninger, Mark van der Giezen, Michael L. Ginger, Inmaculada Ramirez-Macias, Haylea C. Miller, Matthew J. Morgan, Anastasios D. Tsaousis, Katrina Velle, Romana Vargová, Kristína Záhonová, Sebastian Rodrigo Najle, Georgina MacIntyre, Norbert Muller, Mattias Wittwer, Denise C. Zysset-Burri, Marek Eliáš, Claudio H. Slamovits, Matthew T. Weirauch, Lillian Fritz-Laylin, Francine Marciano-Cabral, Geoffrey J. Puzon, Tom Walsh, Charles Chiu, Joel B. Dacks   +24 more
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Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis in an Infant due to Naegleria fowleri [PDF]

Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2011
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) caused by free-living amebae Naegleria fowleri is a rare and fatal condition. A fatal case of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis was diagnosed in a 5-month-old infant who presented with the history of decrease ...
Vinay Khanna, Ruchee Khanna, Shrikiran Hebbar, V. Shashidhar, Sunil Mundkar, Frenil Munim, Karthick Annamalai, Deepak Nayak, Chiranjay Mukhopadhayay   +8 more
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Enzymatic chokepoints and synergistic drug targets in the sterol biosynthesis pathway of Naegleria fowleri. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2018
Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba that can also act as an opportunistic pathogen causing severe brain infection, primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), in humans.
Wenxu Zhou, Anjan Debnath, Gareth Jennings, Hye Jee Hahn, Boden H Vanderloop, Minu Chaudhuri, W David Nes, Larissa M Podust   +7 more
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Identification and molecular typing of Naegleria fowleri from a patient with primary amebic meningoencephalitis in China

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
Naegleria fowleri is the only Naegleria spp. known to cause an acute, fulminant, and rapidly fatal central nervous system infection in humans called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).
Ling-ling Zhang, Mao Wu, Bang-chuan Hu, Hua-liang Chen, Jin-Ren Pan, Wei Ruan, Li-nong Yao   +6 more
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Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge Assessment of Naegleria fowleri Infection [PDF]

Scientifica, 2016
A cross-sectional study was conducted from April to August 2015 to assess the knowledge of pharmacy students towards Naegleria fowleri infection.
Sadia Shakeel, Wajiha Iffat, Madeeha Khan   +2 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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A nonmitochondrial hydrogen production in Naegleria gruberi [PDF]

, 2014
Naegleria gruberi is a free-living heterotrophic aerobic amoeba well known for its ability to transform from an amoeba to a flagellate form. The genome of N.
Šutak, Robert, Tsaousis, Anastasios D, Hrdý, Ivan, Tachezy, Jan, Nyvltová, Eva   +4 more
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Isolation and Identification of Naegleria Species in Irrigation Channels for Recreational Use in Mexicali Valley, Mexico

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, Saúl Rojas-Hernández, Elizabeth Ramírez-Flores, Diego A. Castillo-Ramírez, Alejandro Cruz Monsalvo-Reyes, Miguel A. Ramírez-Flores, Karla Barrón-Graciano, María Reyes-Batlle, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, María Maricela Carrasco-Yépez   +9 more
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The genome of Naegleria lovaniensis, the basis for a comparative approach to unravel pathogenicity factors of the human pathogenic amoeba N. fowleri

BMC Genomics, 2018
Background Members of the genus Naegleria are free-living eukaryotes with the capability to transform from the amoeboid form into resting cysts or moving flagellates in response to environmental conditions.
Nicole Liechti, Nadia Schürch, Rémy Bruggmann, Matthias Wittwer   +3 more
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Survey of Naegleria fowleri in geothermal recreational waters of Guadeloupe (French West Indies). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
In 2008 a fatal case of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, due to the amoeboflagellate Naegleria fowleri, occurred in Guadeloupe, French West Indies, after a child swam in a bath fed with geothermal water.
Mirna Moussa, Johan F De Jonckheere, Jérôme Guerlotté, Vincent Richard, Alexandra Bastaraud, Marc Romana, Antoine Talarmin   +6 more
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