Parasit Vectors
Fowlerstefin, a cysteine protease inhibitor of Naegleria fowleri, induces inflammatory responses in BV-2 microglial cells in vitro.
Thái TL, Kang JM, Lê HG, Lee J, Yoo WG, Shin HJ, Sohn WM, Na BK
Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba that causes an opportunistic fatal infection known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) in humans. C ...
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Source: PubMed
Int J Hyg Environ Health
Metagenomic analysis of viruses, bacteria and protozoa in irrigation water.
Rusiñol M, Martínez-Puchol S, Timoneda N, Fernández-Cassi X, Pérez-Cataluña A, Fernández-Bravo A, Moreno-Mesonero L, Moreno Y, Alonso JL, Figueras MJ, Abril JF, Bofill-Mas S, Girones R
Viruses (e.g., noroviruses and hepatitis A and E virus), bacteria (e.g., Salmonella spp. and pathogenic Escherichia coli) and protozoa (e.g., Cryptosp ...
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Source: PubMed
ACS Chem Neurosci 2020 Jan 21
Aryl Quinazolinone Derivatives as Novel Therapeutic Agents against Brain-Eating Amoebae.
Mungroo MR, Shahbaz MS, Anwar A, Saad SM, Khan KM, Khan NA, Siddiqui R
Naegleria fowleri and Balamuthia mandrillaris are protist pathogens that infect the central nervous system, causing primary amoebic meningoencephaliti ...
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Cell. Microbiol. 2020 Jan 16
Dealing with several flagella in the same cell.
Bertiaux E, Bastin P
Flagella are sophisticated organelles found in many eukaryotic microbes where they perform functions related to motility, signal detection, or cell mo ...
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Sci Rep
Molecular detection of free-living amoebae from Namhangang (southern Han River) in Korea.
Kang H, Sohn HJ, Seo GE, Seong GS, Ham AJ, Park AY, Jung SY, Lee SE, Cho SH, Shin HJ
The free-living amoebae Naegleria spp. and Acanthamoeba spp. exist in the natural environment and are sometimes causal agents of lethal primary amoebi ...
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