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Acanthamoeba spp. as vehicle and reservoir of adenoviruses
TLDR
It was demonstrated that adenoviruses were incorporated into the host amoebae (Acanthamoeba sp. II, three strains) and this is the first study to demonstrate directly the adenOViruses within FLA as vectors and vehicles.
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Relevance of free-living amoebae as hosts for phylogenetically diverse microorganisms
  • P. Scheid
  • Biology
    Parasitology Research
  • 15 May 2014
TLDR
The amoebic passage seems to be a prerequisite for the development of virulence factors and it may have an impact on evolutionary processes.
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Early Diagnosis of Acanthamoeba Infection during Routine Cytological Examination of Cerebrospinal Fluid
TLDR
In the case presented here amebic trophozoites were detected in a routine cerebrospinal fluid sample and the antibiotic treatment and the apparently low virulence of this isolate were responsible for the benign progression of the infection.
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Some secrets are revealed: parasitic keratitis amoebae as vectors of the scarcely described pandoraviruses to humans
TLDR
The results of a long effort to derive valuable phylogenetic data about an extraordinary spore-like infectious particle (endocytobiont) within host amoebae recently isolated from the contact lens and the inflamed eye of a patient with keratitis are presented.
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A strange endocytobiont revealed as largest virus.
  • P. Scheid
  • Biology
    Current opinion in microbiology
  • 1 June 2016
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Free-Living Amoebae as Hosts for and Vectors of Intracellular Microorganisms with Public Health Significance
TLDR
Future research is expected to reveal further endocytobionts within free-living amoebae and other protozoa through co-cultivation studies, genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic analyses.
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An extraordinary endocytobiont in Acanthamoeba sp. isolated from a patient with keratitis
In the present article, the detection and the development of a parasitic endocytobiont within host amoebae (Acanthamoeba sp.) recently isolated from the contact lens and the inflamed eye of a patient…
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First report of an Acanthamoeba genotype T13 isolate as etiological agent of a keratitis in humans
TLDR
The patient recovered under the targeted therapy, demonstrating that the acanthamoebae were the etiological agents of the keratitis in this case, and the number of known pathogenic genotypes is expanded to 12, the first report of a T13 Acanthamoeeba genotype being associated with ker atitis in humans.
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Free-living amoebae as vectors of cryptosporidia
TLDR
It is found that these free-living amoebae can temporarily harbour cryptosporidia, thus supporting the suggestion that FLA may act as carriers and vehicles for cryptospora, and thus may play a certain role in the transmission of cryptsporidia.
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Mechanism of intrusion of a microspordian-like organism into the nucleus of host amoebae (Vannella sp.) isolated from a keratitis patient
  • P. Scheid
  • Biology
    Parasitology Research
  • 21 June 2007
TLDR
The morphology of the organelles made visible by electron microscopy finally allowed us to classify the endocytobionts as a microsporidan-like organism, a suitable model for studying the host–parasite relations of organisms using their hosts as so-called Trojan horses.
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