[HTML][HTML] A history of over 40 years of potentially pathogenic free-living amoeba studies in Brazil-a systematic review

NK Bellini, OH Thiemann, M Reyes-Batlle… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Free-living amoeba (FLA) group includes the potentially pathogenic genera Acanthamoeba,
Naegleria, Balamuthia, Sappinia, and Vermamoeba, causative agents of human infections …

Global prevalence of potentially pathogenic free-living amoebae in sewage and sewage-related environments—systematic review with meta-analysis

TCB da Silva, BJM Chaúque, GB Benitez… - Parasitology Research, 2024 - Springer
Free-living amoebae (FLA) include amphizoic microorganisms important in public health,
widely isolated from air, water, and soil. However, its occurrence in sewage-related …

Cyanomethyl Vinyl Ethers Against Naegleria fowleri

J Chao-Pellicer, I Arberas-Jiménez… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Naegleria fowleri is a pathogenic amoeba that causes a fulminant and rapidly progressive
disease affecting the central nervous system called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis …

Free living amoebae isolation in irrigation waters and soils of an insular arid agroecosystem

M Reyes-Batlle, FJ Díaz, I Sifaoui… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of freshwater in agricultural systems represents a high percentage of total water
consumption worldwide. Therefore, alternative sources of water for irrigation will need to be …

A Fluorometric Assay for the In Vitro Evaluation of Activity against Naegleria fowleri Cysts

I Arberas-Jiménez, A Rizo-Liendo, I Sifaoui… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a lethal and rapid infection that affects the
central nervous system and is caused by the free-living amoeba Naegleria fowleri. The life …

[HTML][HTML] Microorganisms: the secret agents of the biosphere, and their key roles in biotechnology

VM Oliveira, FD Andreote, PC Cortelo… - Biota …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
We present a survey of projects that have been funded by FAPESP under the BIOTA-
Microorganisms program. These projects generated a wide variety of results, including the …

[HTML][HTML] Fluvastatin and atorvastatin induce programmed cell death in the brain eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri

A Rizo-Liendo, I Sifaoui, I Arberas-Jiménez… - Biomedicine & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Naegleria fowleri is the causative agent of a type of encephalitis called Primary Amoebic
Encephalitis (PAM). Almost 98% of PAM cases reported worldwide are fatal and affect …

[HTML][HTML] Isolation and morphological and molecular characterization of waterborne free-living amoebae: Evidence of potentially pathogenic Acanthamoeba and …

MM Nageeb, HEM Eldeek, RAH Attia, AA Sakla… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Free-living amoebae (FLA) are gaining attention due to the increasing number of related
grave central nervous system (CNS) and sight-threatening eye infections and their role as …

Naegleria australiensis isolated from a wastewater treatment station in Santiago Island, Cape Verde

D Sousa-Ramos, M Reyes-Batlle… - Journal of Water and …, 2023 - iwaponline.com
Despite the Naegleria genus being isolated from different natural environments such as
water, soil, and air, not all Naegleria species are capable of causing infections in humans …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of Indolocarbazoles from Streptomyces sanyensis as a Novel Source of Therapeutic Agents against the Brain-Eating Amoeba Naegleria fowleri

A Rizo-Liendo, I Sifaoui, L Cartuche, I Arberas-Jiménez… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Naegleria fowleri is an opportunistic pathogenic free-living amoeba which is able to rapidly
colonize the central nervous system (CNS) and causes a lethal infection known as primary …