Naegleria
Sign in to saveNaegleria is a genus consisting of 47 described species of protozoa often found in warm aquatic environments as well as soil habitats worldwide. It has three life cycle forms: the amoeboid stage, the cyst stage, and the flagellated stage, and has been routinely studied for its ease in change from amoeboid to flagellated stages. This genera became famous when Naegleria fowleri, the causative agent of the usually fatal human and animal disease primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), was discovered in 1965. Most species in the genus, however, are incapable of causing disease.
Research
1,825 papers- Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis by Naegleria fowleri: Pathogenesis and Treatments.Biomolecules · 2021
- Naegleria fowleri: Sources of infection, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management; a review.Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology · 2020
- Pathogenic and opportunistic free-living amoebae: Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, Naegleria fowleri, and Sappinia diploidea.FEMS immunology and medical microbiology · 2007
- Naegleria fowleri: emerging therapies and translational challenges.Expert review of anti-infective therapy · 2025
- Naegleria fowleri.Trends in parasitology · 2019
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- ナエグレリア
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- Etymology
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Naegleria is a genus consisting of 47 described species of protozoa often found in warm aquatic environments as well as soil habitats worldwide. It has three life cycle forms: the amoeboid stage, the cyst stage, and the flagellated stage, and has been routinely studied for its ease in change from amoeboid to flagellated stages. This genera became famous when Naegleria fowleri, the causative agent of the usually fatal human and animal disease primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), was discovered in 1965. Most species in the genus, however, are incapable of causing disease.
== Etymology ==
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