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02/09/2022

NewsDesk This morning, officials at AdventHealth in Florida held a Facebook Live News Briefing to announce the development of a new laboratory test to more quickly detect infections caused by brain-eating amoebas. On the panel is Dr. Jose Alexander, microbiologist and medical director of...

06/07/2022

Due to the existence of free-living amoebas in water storage tanks at hospitals, it is necessary to prevent possible contamination with these amoebas and infectious agents by using new methods of disinfection and purification of water resources.

25/05/2022

With recently reported case of this year, the total count of cases has climbed up to 147 in Pakistan during past 14 years.

https://orange.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2022/05/summer-months.html
24/05/2022

https://orange.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2022/05/summer-months.html

Soon local schools will be closed for the summer and swimming activities will be on everyone’s checklist. The Florida Department of Health in Orange County encourages everyone to take a role in preventing injuries, drownings, and illnesses caused by germs in the water.

19/05/2022

Free-living amebas are protozoan parasites that exist in the environment, mainly freshwater, lakes, and rivers without the need for a definitive host. In humans, there are three main genera of amebas than can cause disease, namely Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba species, and Balamut...

15/03/2022

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a central nervous system (CNS) disease caused by Naegleria fowleri that mainly affects children and young adults with fatal consequences in most of the cases. Treatment protocols are based on the combination of different antimicrobial agents, nonetheless....

11/03/2022

Researchers recently announced that an amoeba called Naegleria has evolved more distinct sets of tubulins, used for specific cellular processes, than previously thought. Their insight has a host of implications, which range from developing treatments for brain-eating infections to better understandi...

25/02/2022

An international team of researchers, led by UMass Amherst, announced in the journal Current Biology that an amoeba called Naegleria has evolved more distinct sets of tubulins, used for cellular processes, than previously thought.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35150262/
18/02/2022

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35150262/

Aerobic organisms require oxygen for respiration but must simultaneously cope with oxidative damages inherently linked with this molecule. Unicellular amoeboflagellates of the genus Naegleria, containing both free-living species and opportunistic parasite, thrive in aerobic environments. However, th...

12/02/2022

The free-living amoeba Naegleria fowleri, which typically dwells within warm, freshwater environments, can opportunistically cause primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a disease with a mortality rate of >97%. The lack of positive treatment outcomes for PAM has prompted the discovery and dev .....

08/02/2022

Naegleria fowleri is the causative agent the primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a fatal disease in more than the 90% of the reported cases that affects the central nervous system. The amoeba infects the nasal cavity of mostly children and young adults who report previous aquatic exposure in....

29/01/2022

Learn about the differences between viral and bacterial meningitis, including their causes, symptoms, treatments, and outlook.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34918439/
29/12/2021

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34918439/

Naegleria fowleri is a pathogenic, free-living amoeba that causes Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), a highly fatal disease of the central nervous system. N. fowleri demonstrates three forms: the trophozoite, flagellate, and cyst. Most studies have focused on the trophozoite limiting informat...

02/12/2021

Among various genera of free-living amoebae prevalent in nature, some members are identified as causative agents of human encephalitis, in which Naegleria fowleri followed by Acanthamoeba spp. and Balamuthia mandrillaris have been successively discovered. As the three dominant genera responsible for...

02/12/2021

Naegleria fowleri is the protozoan pathogen that causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), with the death rate exceeding 97%. The amoeba makes sterols and can be targeted by sterol biosynthesis inhibitors. Here, we characterized N. fowleri sterol 14-demethylase, including...

15/10/2021

Naegleria fowleri, a member of the genus Percolozoa,, is also known as the "brain-eating amoeba." It is a eukaryotic, free-living, amoeba named after Malcolm Fowler who described the initial cases of primary amebic encephalitis (PAM) caused by N. fowleri in Australia. N...

11/10/2021

The Free-Living Amoeba species, Naegleria fowleri is the causative agent of a lethal encephalitis known as Primary Amoebic Encephalitis (PAM). Moreover, most of the reported cases are often related to swimming and/or diving in aquatic environments. In addition, the current therapeutic options agains...

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