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Naegleria fowleri, also
known as the brain-eating amoeba, is a
species of the
genus Naegleria. It
belongs to the
phylum Percolozoa and is technically...
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Naegleria /nɛˈɡlɪəriə/ is a free
living amoebae protist genus consisting of 47
described species often found in warm
aquatic environments as well as soil...
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fatal infection of the
brain by the free-living
unicellular eukaryote Naegleria fowleri.
Symptoms are meningitis-like and
include headache, fever, nausea...
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Naegleria gruberi is a
species of
Naegleria. It is
famous for its
ability to
change from an amoeba,
which lacks a
cytoplasmic microtubule cytoskeleton...
- worldwide, such as
various Naegleria species.
While studies have
found the
presence of
Naegleria in hot
spring waters,
Naegleria fowleri,
responsible for...
- used to
treat leishmaniasis and free-living
amoeba infections such as
Naegleria fowleri and
Balamuthia mandrillaris. This
includes the
three forms of...
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Naegleria lovaniensis is a
species of
Naegleria. It is
considered non-pathogenic. Stevens, A.R.; De Jonckheere, J.; Willaert, E. (1980). "
Naegleria lovaniensis...
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Other well
known species include the so-called "brain-eating amoeba"
Naegleria fowleri, the
intestinal parasite Entamoeba histolytica,
which causes amoebic...
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Scaglia M,
Gatti S,
Rossetti F,
Alaggio R,
Laverda AM, et al.
Fatal Naegleria fowleri Meningoencephalitis,
Italy Emerging Infectious Diseases [serial...
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presence in
early phases of
Naegleria fowleri infection,
flushing of this
region with
saline using a device, to
obtain Naegleria fowleri for
diagnostic PCR...
