Naegleria
"Naegleria" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A free-living soil amoeba pathogenic to humans and animals. It occurs also in water and sewage. The most commonly found species in man is NAEGLERIA FOWLERI which is the pathogen for primary amebic meningoencephalitis in primates.
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D009253
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.046.500.700.710
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Naegleria" by people in Profiles.
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Tyson JY, Pearce MM, Vargas P, Bagchi S, Mulhern BJ, Cianciotto NP. Multiple Legionella pneumophila Type II secretion substrates, including a novel protein, contribute to differential infection of the amoebae Acanthamoeba castellanii, Hartmannella vermiformis, and Naegleria lovaniensis. Infect Immun. 2013 May; 81(5):1399-410.
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Jabri E, Cech TR. In vitro selection of the Naegleria GIR1 ribozyme identifies three base changes that dramatically improve activity. RNA. 1998 Dec; 4(12):1481-92.
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Jabri E, Aigner S, Cech TR. Kinetic and secondary structure analysis of Naegleria andersoni GIR1, a group I ribozyme whose putative biological function is site-specific hydrolysis. Biochemistry. 1997 Dec 23; 36(51):16345-54.