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    Acanthamoeba is a genus of amoebae that are commonly recovered from soil, fresh water, and other habitats. The genus Acanthamoeba has two stages in its...
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    Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a rare disease in which amoebae of the genus Acanthamoeba invade the clear portion of the front (cornea) of the eye. It...
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    Acanthamoeba infection is a cutaneous condition resulting from Acanthamoeba that may result in various skin lesions.: 422 : 1172  Acanthamoeba strains...
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    free-living amoebae of the genera Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia and Sappinia. The term is most commonly used with Acanthamoeba. In more modern references, the...
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    natural hosts. This genus contains a single identified species named Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV). It also refers to a group of phylogenetically...
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    Megavirus is a viral genus, phylogenetically related to Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV). In colloquial speech, Megavirus chilense is more commonly...
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    caused by Acanthamoeba. On May 25, 2007, the U.S. Center for Disease Control issued a health advisory due to increased risk of Acanthamoeba keratitis...
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    Acanthamoeba genome. These genes included Spo11, Mre11, Rad50, Rad51, Rad52, Mnd1, Dmc1, Msh and Mlh. This finding suggests that the ‘'Acanthamoeba'’...
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  • amoebas Dictyostelium discoideum (IC50 = 4.4 nM), Acanthamoeba castellanii (IC50 = 2.0 μM), and Acanthamoeba comandoni (IC50 = 3.1 μM) which cause infections...
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    infections by various microorganisms including bacteria, fungi, and Acanthamoeba (Acanthamoeba keratitis). Many complications arise when contact lenses are worn...
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    under the brand name Akantior is a medication used for the treatment of Acanthamoeba keratitis. Products containing PHMB are used for inter-operative irrigation...
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  • Cafeteria roenbergensis virus (CroV) in 2010. Subsequently, the Giant Virus Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus was characterized (which had been mistaken as a bacterium...
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    immunofluorescence staining) and PCR. It may appear similar to herpes simplex type I, Acanthamoeba, and fungal infection. Adequate infection control measures should be...
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    back to early origins of unicellular eukaryotes. The protist pathogens Acanthamoeba spp. have shown evidence of the presence of ACh, which provides growth...
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    Amoebozoa of the free living genus Acanthamoeba and the social amoeba genus Dictyostelium are single celled eukaryotic organisms that feed on bacteria...
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  • strain of Acanthamoeba species. This sample was transferred to a non-nutrient agar plate and the parasitized trophozoite of the Acanthamoeba species multiplied...
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    Chlorhexidine eye drops have been used as a treatment for eyes affected by Acanthamoeba keratitis. Chlorhexidine is a very effective antiseptic and its use is...
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  • considered to be much more closely related to Leishmania and Trypanosoma. Acanthamoeba spp. causes mostly subacute or chronic granulomatous amoebic encephalitis...
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  • was originally isolated from Acanthamoeba polyphaga, but subsequent work has involved Acanthamoeba castellanii (Acanthamoeba castellanii mamavirus, ACMV)...
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    parasitic protozoa of the genus Leishmania, Trichomonas vaginalis, and acanthamoeba. Protists generally reproduce asexually under favorable environmental...
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    genus Arcella. Entamoeba histolytica Acanthamoeba Balamuthia mandrillaris Endolimax The recently available Acanthamoeba genome sequence revealed several orthologs...
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    contaminated water. It has orphan drug status in the United States for acanthamoeba keratitis and primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). Miltefosine is...
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  • for help. Propamidine isethionate has been used in the treatment of Acanthamoeba infection. The Nicobarese people have attested to the medicinal properties...
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    control of Acanthamoeba infections, and in the treatment of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, caused by pathogenic free-living amoebae Acanthamoeba spp....
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  • homolog of animal CHRM1 has been shown to be present in Naegleria and Acanthamoeba. The disease presents diagnostic challenges to medical professionals...
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    are particularly used for the topical treatment of acanthamoebiasis (Acanthamoeba keratitis). "Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Hexamidine and...
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  • disease, leishmaniasis, African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), Acanthamoeba keratitis, and primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (naegleriasis). Parasitic...
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    [citation needed] The Globe and Mail reported two cases in Canada in which Acanthamoeba infections during ortho-k treatment, possibly related to rinsing the...
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    may be a "replenishable source of pathogenic microbes." In the study Acanthamoeba, bacterial, and fungal contamination of contact lens storage cases, “101...
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    multiply inside species of the opportunistically pathogenic protozoan Acanthamoeba, but only if that amoeba is infected with the large mamavirus. Sputnik...
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