"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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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Naegleria" by people in Profiles.
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Occurrence of free-living amoebae (Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia, Naegleria) in water samples in Peninsular Malaysia. J Water Health. 2019 Feb; 17(1):160-171.
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Presence of rotavirus and free-living amoebae in the water supplies of Karachi, Pakistan. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2017 Jun 01; 59:e32.