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Providing an in vitro depiction of microglial cells challenged with immunostimulatory extracellular vesicles of Naegleria fowleri

Frontiers in Microbiology
Naegleria fowleri is the causative agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rapid and acute infection of the central nervous system with a fatal outcome in >97% of cases. Due to the infrequent report of cases and diagnostic gaps that hinder the
Lissette Retana Moreira, Lissette Retana Moreira, Alberto Cornet-Gomez, M. Rosario Sepulveda, Silvia Molina-Castro, Silvia Molina-Castro, Johan Alvarado-Ocampo, Frida Chaves Monge, Mariana Jara Rojas, Antonio Osuna, Elizabeth Abrahams Sandí, Elizabeth Abrahams Sandí   +11 more
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Naegleria fowleri infections [PDF]

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2017
W Matthew, Linam, Jennifer R, Cope
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Emerging therapies against Naegleria fowleri

Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs
United States Department of Defense Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, David Lloyd, Ahmad M. Alharbi, Naveed Ahmed Khan   +3 more
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Naegleria Fowleri - Prevention is the best cure

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 2023
Respected Editor, With the temperatures rising every summer and the quality of water deteriorating in Pakistan and specially Karachi the ‘brain-eating amoeba’ Naegleria fowleri was on rise during this summer too. 6 cases of primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) caused by N.
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Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis in an Iranian Infant

Case Reports in Medicine, 2012
Introduction. Naegleria fowleri, a free living amoeba, can cause devastating and deadly diseases in humans. This is the first report of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis from Iran. Case report.
Zahra Movahedi, Mohammad Reza Shokrollahi, Mohammad Aghaali, Hosein Heydari   +3 more
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In Vitro Activity of Statins against Naegleria fowleri

Pathogens, 2019
Naegleria fowleri causes a deadly disease called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). Even though PAM is still considered a rare disease, the number of reported cases worldwide has been increasing each year.
Aitor Rizo-Liendo, Ines Sifaoui, María Reyes-Batlle, Olfa Chiboub, Rubén L. Rodríguez-Expósito, Carlos J. Bethencourt-Estrella, Desirée San Nicolás-Hernández, Edyta B. Hendiger, Atteneri López-Arencibia, Pedro Rocha-Cabrera, José E. Piñero, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales   +11 more
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Experimental meningoencephalitis by Naegleria fowleri in mice

The Korean Journal of Parasitology, 1984
Experimentally, primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is induced by Naegleria fowleri in mouse and development of PAM may be influenced by the strain, weight and sex of mouse, and inoculum size of N. fowleri trophozoite. In this paper, the effect of these factors on PAM development of mouse was studied. N.
Myoung Hee, Ahn, Kyung Il, Im
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Naegleria fowleri in Pakistan [PDF]

The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2020
Mahwish, Ali, Syed Babar, Jamal, Syeda Mehpara, Farhat   +2 more
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Experimental Infection of Naegleria fowleri in Mice

Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, 1998
Ten SPF mice (ddY, 4w-old, female) were infected by nasal instillation with an isolate of Naegleria fowleri that was first isolated from a patient with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) in Japan. Of these mice, 2 showed clinical signs typical for PAM on the 4th day.
T, Kuroki, K, Yagita, H, Sugiyama, S, Yamai, T, Fukuma, Y, Katsube, T, Endo   +6 more
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NAEGLERIA: BRAIN-EATING AMOEBA

Gomal Journal of Medical Sciences, 2017
Naegleria is a genus of protozoa. The genus was named after French zoologist Mathieu Naegler. Naegleria is a microscopic amoeba that can cause a very rare, but severe, infection of the brain. A brief historical sketch is given since the discovery of this
Sajjad Ahmad, Shaukat Ali
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