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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.
Anastasios D. Tsaousis +39 more
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Biology and pathogenesis of Naegleria fowleri [PDF]
Acta Tropica, 2016 Naegleria fowleri is a protist pathogen that can cause lethal brain infection. Despite decades of research, the mortality rate related with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis owing to N. fowleri remains more than 90%. The amoebae pass through the nose to enter the central nervous system killing the host within days, making it one of the deadliest ...
Ruqaiyyah, Siddiqui +3 more
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Serum antibodies to Balamuthia mandrillaris, a free-living amoeba recently demonstrated to cause granulomatous amoebic encephalitis [PDF]
, 1999 © 1999 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.Free-living amoebae cause three well-defined disease entities: a rapidly fatal primary meningoencephalitis, a chronic granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), and a chronic ...
Carter, R., Ferrante, A., Huang, Z.
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Targeting brain-eating amoebae infections [PDF]
, 2017 Brain infections due to Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, and Naegleria fowleri often lead to death. Despite differences in the preferential sites of infection in the brain, the mode of delivery of drugs is often intravenous.
Khan, Naveed Ahmed * +2 more
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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 +4 more
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A preliminary study on amphizoic amoebae with special reference to their preference for bacterial food [PDF]
, 2010 The present study was planned to screen the growth pattern of six different species of pathogenic and non pathogenic amphizoic amoebae viz. Naegleria fowleri, N. gruberi, Acanthamoeba culbertsoni, A. rhysodes, A. polyphaga and A.
Ahmad, Tabrez +2 more
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Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis in an Infant due to Naegleria fowleri
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 +8 more
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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 +4 more
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First report of amphizoic amoebae isolated from edible Oyster mushroom- Pleurotus sajor-caju (Singer, 1949) [PDF]
, 2011 The present document serves as the first evidence that describes the presence of amphizoic amoebae in cap, stalk and internal tissues such as gills of the edible Oyster mushrooms, Pleurotus sajor-caju, packaged, and sold for public consumption.
Sharma, A. K., Shukla, Kavyanjali
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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 +7 more
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