"Balamuthia mandrillaris" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of free-living soil amoeba in the family Balamuthiidae, causing AMEBIASIS and a deadly form of ENCEPHALITIS in humans.
| Descriptor ID |
D059611
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.046.090
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Balamuthia mandrillaris" by people in Profiles.
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"Proposals for Amendments in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Encephalitis caused by Free-living Amoebae". Infect Disord Drug Targets. 2020; 20(2):115-121.
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Development of nanoparticle-assisted PCR assay in the rapid detection of brain-eating amoebae. Parasitol Res. 2018 Jun; 117(6):1801-1811.
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Future Priorities in Tackling Infections Due to Brain-Eating Amoebae. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2017 11 15; 8(11):2355.
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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.
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Brain-Eating Amoebae: Predilection Sites in the Brain and Disease Outcome. J Clin Microbiol. 2017 07; 55(7):1989-1997.