Acanthamoeba spp. are free-living amebae that inhabit a variety of air, soil, and water
environments. However, these amebae can also act as opportunistic as well as …

This review focuses on free-living amoebae, widely distributed in soil and water, causing
opportunistic and non-opportunistic infections in humans: Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia …

The efficiency of treatment of human infections with the unicellular eukaryotic pathogens
such as fungi and protozoa remains deeply unsatisfactory. For example, the mortality rates …

Diseases caused by pathogenic free-living amoebae include primary amoebic
meningoencephalitis (Naegleria fowleri), granulomatous amoebic encephalitis …

There are many neglected nonenteric protozoa able to cause serious morbidity and mortality
in humans, particularly in the developing world. Diseases caused by certain protozoa are …

Ever since the publication of the seminal paper by Lynn Margulis in 1967 proposing the
theory of the endosymbiotic origin of organelles, the study of the symbiotic relationships …

Acanthamoeba was implicated as the causative agent of chronic meningitis in three
apparently immunocompetent children. Diagnosis was established by cerebrospinal fluid …

Disseminated acanthamebiasis is a rare disease that occurs predominantly in patients with
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome but …

Parasitic infections are important complications of organ transplantation that are often
overlooked in the differential diagnosis of post-transplantation pyrexial illness. Although their …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of parasitic infections in solid organ
transplant (SOT) recipients. We conducted a systematic review of literature records on post …