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Naegleria fowleri - Simple Facts About Brain Eating Amoeba

Journal of Bahria University Medical and Dental College, 2015
Year after year, the inhabitants of Karachi have to face the fear and panic of Naegleria fowleri which can cause deadly disease called meningoencephalitis. A common citizen remains extremely wary of what to do and what not to do.
Irfan Ali Mirza
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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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A Fluorometric Assay for the In Vitro Evaluation of Activity against Naegleria fowleri Cysts

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a lethal and rapid infection that affects the central nervous system and is caused by the free-living amoeba Naegleria fowleri.
Iñigo Arberas-Jiménez, Aitor Rizo-Liendo, Ines Sifaoui, Javier Chao-Pellicer, José E. Piñero, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales   +5 more
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Dataset of cathepsin L-like CP inhibition of Naegleria fowleri and Acanthamoeba castellanii by ppTvCP4r from Trichomonas vaginalis

Data in Brief, 2018
The recombinant TvCP4 prepro region (ppTvCP4r) acts as an exogenous inhibitor of cathepsin L-like CPs from Trichomonas vaginalis (Cárdenas-Guerra et al., 2015 [1]). Here, we present the dataset of the trichomonad ppTvCP4r inhibitory effect against the CP
Rosa E. Cárdenas-Guerra, Moisés Martínez-Castillo, Jaime Ortega-López, Mineko Shibayama, Rossana Arroyo   +4 more
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Is Naegleria fowleri an Emerging Parasite? [PDF]

Trends in Parasitology, 2020
Naegleria fowleri causes an uncommon but deadly disease called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). There has been an increase of reported PAM cases, particularly since 2000. Although water is the dominant route of transmission of PAM, infection through soil/dust is a possible alternative route.
Maciver, Sutherland, Pinero, Jose E, Lorenzo-Morales, Jacob   +2 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 ...
Init Ithoi, Arine Fadzlun Ahmad, Veeranoot Nissapatorn, Yee Ling Lau, Rohela Mahmud, Joon Wah Mak   +5 more
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Opinion: Iron, Climate Change and the ‘Brain Eating Amoeba’ Naegleria fowleri [PDF]

, 2021
Naegleria fowleri is the causative agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare but devastating infection with a 96.4% mortality rate. Iron is a limiting factor for N.
Jose Enrique Piñero, Maciver, Sutherland K, Apps, David K., Pinero, Jose Enrique, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, Paul J. McLaughlin, Sutherland K. Maciver, McLaughlin, Paul J., Lorenzo-Morales, Jacob, David K. Apps   +9 more
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Naegleria species population found in pond water of parks in Mashhad city, Can the physicochemical factors affect it?

MethodsX, 2018
Naegleria species are the ubiquitous free-living amoebas that are found worldwide in soil and water. Among Naegleria spp., N. fowleri can cause primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). Ninety water samples were collected from the pond of parks.
Ali Asghar Najafpoor, Hossein Zarrinfar, Shiva Ghaderifar, Hossein Alidadi, Habibolah Esmaily, Elham Hajialilo, Bibi Razieh Hosseini Farash, Elahe Ahmadi   +7 more
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Isolation, molecular characterization and phylogeny of Naegleria species in water bodies of North-Western Province, Sri Lanka.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundThe inland freshwater bodies in the North-Western Province of Sri Lanka have ideal environmental conditions for the Naegleria species. Therefore, the presence and prevalence of Naegleria species in the water bodies of North-Western Province ...
Nuwan Gunarathna, Anjalie Amarasinghe, Sunil Wijesundara, Devika Iddawela, Susiji Wickramasinghe   +4 more
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Naegleria fowleri: emerging therapies and translational challenges [PDF]

Introduction Naegleria fowleri is a rare but fatal free-living ameba with > 97% mortality rate. Despite advances in clinical and scientific understanding, therapeutic options remain limited, and diagnosis is often delayed, presenting significant ...
Maciver, Sutherland K., Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah, Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah; id_orcid, Maciver, S. K., Khan, N., Maciver, Sutherland K, Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Siddiquia, R.   +7 more
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