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Chamigrane-Type Sesquiterpenes from Laurencia dendroidea as Lead Compounds against Naegleria fowleri

Marine Drugs, 2023
Naegleria fowleri is an opportunistic protozoon that can be found in warm water bodies. It is the causative agent of the primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.
Iñigo Arberas-Jiménez, Nathália Nocchi, Javier Chao-Pellicer, Ines Sifaoui, Angélica Ribeiro Soares, Ana R. Díaz-Marrero, José J. Fernández, José E. Piñero, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales   +8 more
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Naegleria fowleri-associated encephalitis in a cow from Costa Rica

, 2006
Species of Naegleria, Acanthamoeba, and Balamuthia are soil amoebae that can cause encephalitis in animals and humans. Of these, Naegleria fowleri is the cause of often fatal primary meningoencephalitis in humans. N.
Morales, Juan A., Chaves Hernández, Aida J., Visvesvara, G.S., Dubey, J.P.   +3 more
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Mechanisms of parasite‐mediated disruption of brain vessels

FEBS Letters, Volume 600, Issue 5, Page 591-611, March 2026.
Parasites can affect the blood vessels of the brain, often causing serious neurological problems. This review explains how different parasites interact with and disrupt these vessels, what this means for brain health, and why these processes matter. Understanding these mechanisms may help us develop better ways to prevent or treat brain infections in ...
Leonor Loira, Sílvia Arroz‐Madeira, Cláudio A. Franco, Sara Silva Pereira   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of Potential Therapeutic Agents for Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis Using Text Mining and Bioinformatics Analyses

Analytical Cellular Pathology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Naegleria fowleri, the brain‐eating ameba, causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a fatal infectious disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). We aimed to evaluate the functions and potential drugs targeting PAM using text mining and bioinformatics analyses.
Eun Jung Sohn, Hyeonseo Jo, Kun Taek Park, Andrey Elchaninov   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

GalNAc Carbohydrate Prevents the Formation of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps and Increase Myeloperoxidase Enzyme Activity in Interactions of Neutrophils and Entamoeba histolytica Preincubated With GalNAc

BioMed Research International, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
During amoebic infection, neutrophils are the first cells of the immune system to interact with trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica, initiating amoebicidal activity. Different lectins and carbohydrates can participate in the mechanism of adhesion between E.
David Levaro-Loquio, Andrea Cruz-Baquero, Germán Higuera-Martínez, José De Jesús Serrano-Luna, Arturo Contis-Montes de Oca, Edgar Abarca-Rojano, Ivonne Maciel Arciniega-Martínez, Aldo Arturo Reséndiz-Albor, Judith Pacheco-Yépez, Edilene O. Silva   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Naegleria fowleri and Naegleria gruberi 20S proteasome: identification and characterization

European Journal of Cell Biology, 2020
The Naegleria are ubiquitous free-living amoebae and are characterized by the presence of three phases in their biological cycle: trophozoite, cyst and flagellate. Of this genus, only Naegleria fowleri has been reported as pathogenic to humans. The proteasome is a multi-catalytic complex and is considered to be the most important structure responsible ...
Paula, Guzmán-Téllez, Diana, Martínez-Valencia, Angélica, Silva-Olivares, Rosa M, Del Ángel, Jesús, Serrano-Luna, Mineko, Shibayama   +5 more
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Agglutination of Naegleria fowleri and Naegleria gruberi by antibodies in human serum [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1983
The capability of serum samples from 423 human subjects to agglutinate rounded cells of Naegleria fowleri nN68 was assessed. Sera from the umbilical cords of seven infants failed to agglutinate N. fowleri cells. The median agglutination titer was 1:4 for sera from children through age 4 years, 1:8 for sera from juveniles 5 to 15 years of age, and 1:16 ...
M F, Reilly, F, Marciano-Cabral, D W, Bradley, S G, Bradley   +3 more
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Detection of Microbial Contaminants in Water: Conventional Methods, Pragmatic Alternatives, and Nanosensing Techniques

MicrobiologyOpen, Volume 14, Issue 6, December 2025.
Conventional culture and immunological methods of detecting bacterial water contaminants have some limitations. There are alternative pragmatic methods which are more efficient and faster in the detection of bacteria in water, especially nanosensors. ABSTRACT The complexities of microbial detection and conventional enumeration necessitates the adoption
Adeyemi O. Adeeyo, Joshua N. Edokpayi, Mercy A. Alabi, Joshua A. Oyetade, Eunice Ubomba‐Jaswa, Penny Jaca, Rachel Makungo   +6 more
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Agglutination of Naegleria fowleri by Human Serum

Experimental Biology and Medicine, 1982
AbstractThe capability of 154 serum samples from pediatric outpatients and 101 samples from adults to agglutinate amoebae of Naegleria fowleri nN68 was assessed. Sera from all 19 infants tested had an agglutination titer of 1:4 or less; sera of toddlers had a median agglutination titer of 1:8 and those of adults, 1:16. Only 13 of 154 serum samples from
M F, Reilly, M K, Bradley, S G, Bradley
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Nanopore sequencing improves the draft genome of the human pathogenic amoeba Naegleria fowleri. [PDF]

, 2019
Naegleria fowleri is an environmental protist found in soil and warm freshwater sources worldwide and is known for its ability to infect humans and causing a rapid and mostly fatal primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.
Wittwer, Matthias, Bruggmann, Rémy, Schürch, Nadia, Liechti, Nicole   +3 more
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