Applications of medicinal chemistry for drug discovery against Acanthamoeba infections

U Ahmed, A Anwar, SK Ong, A Anwar… - Medicinal Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Acanthamoeba is a genus of free‐living amoebae, pervasively found in the environment.
Most of its pathogenic species are the causative agent of sight‐threatening Acanthamoeba …

Identification and quantification of Acanthamoeba spp. within seawater at four coastal lagoons on the east coast of Australia

B Rayamajhee, NLR Williams, N Siboni… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Acanthamoeba is an opportunistic free-living heterotrophic protist that is the most
predominant amoeba in diverse ecological habitats. Acanthamoeba causes amoebic …

Evaluation of molecular characterization and phylogeny for quantification of Acanthamoeba and Naegleria fowleri in various water sources, Turkey

M Aykur, H Dagci - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Free-living amoeba (FLA) is widely distributed in the natural environment. Since these
amoebae are widely found in various waters, they pose an important public health problem …

A review of Acanthamoeba keratitis in the Middle East and Iran

MHF Haddad, A Shokri, H Habibpour… - Journal of acute …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Acanthamoeba keratitis, a vision-threatening disease, is caused by a free-living amoeba of
genus Acanthamoeba. Amoeba is widely distributed all around the world. Several cases of …

Molecular characterisation and potential pathogenicity analysis of Acanthamoeba isolated from recreational lakes in Peninsular Malaysia

R Abdul Halim, RH Mohd Hussain… - Journal of water and …, 2023 - iwaponline.com
The present study aims to identify the Acanthamoeba genotypes and their pathogenic
potential in three recreational lakes in Malaysia. Thirty water samples were collected by …

Free-living amoebae and their relationship to air quality in hospital environments: characterization of Acanthamoeba spp. obtained from air-conditioning systems

DB Wopereis, ML Bazzo, JP de Macedo, F Casara… - Parasitology, 2020 - cambridge.org
Free-living amoebae (FLA) are widely dispersed in the environment, can cause
opportunistic and non-opportunistic infections in humans and other animals. The aim of the …

A challenge in washing water with the sun: 24h of SODIS fails to inactivate Acanthamoeba castellanii cysts and internalized Pseudomonas aeruginosa under strong …

BJM Chaúque, G Corção, AD Benetti… - … & Photobiological Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Despite access to drinking water being a basic human right, the availability of safe drinking
water remains a privilege that many do not have and as a result, many lives are lost each …

Isolation of Acanthamoeba T5 from Water: Characterization of Its Pathogenic Potential, Including the Production of Extracellular Vesicles

L Retana Moreira, D Vargas Ramírez, F Linares… - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Acanthamoeba is a genus of free-living amoebae widely distributed in nature, associated
with the development of encephalitis and keratitis. Despite the fact that it is common to find …

Acanthamoeba spp. in river water samples from the Black Sea region, Turkey

I Koyun, Z Kolören, Ü Karaman, A Tsiami… - Journal of water and …, 2020 - iwaponline.com
The present study aims to investigate the occurrence of free living amoeba (FLA) in water
resources (rivers and tap water) in Samsun in the Black Sea. The presence of …

Adaption of microbial communities to the hostile environment in the Doce River after the collapse of two iron ore tailing dams

A Giongo, LG dos Anjos Borges, L Marconatto… - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
In November 2015, two iron ore tailing dams collapsed in the city of Mariana, Brazil. The
dams' collapse generated a wave of approximately 50 million m 3 of a mixture of mining …