Parasites are responsible for the most neglected tropical diseases, affecting over a billion
people worldwide (WHO, 2015) and accounting for billions of cases a year and responsible …

Parasitic diseases remain a major global health problem for humans. Parasites employ a
variety of strategies to invade and survive within their hosts and to manipulate host defense …

Parasitic diseases are still a major public health problem especially among individuals of
low socioeconomic status in underdeveloped countries. In recent years it has been …

Free living amoeba of the genus Acanthamoeba are opportunist protozoan involved in
corneal, systemic, and encephalic infections in humans. Most of the mechanisms underlying …

Several species of Acanthamoeba genus are potential pathogens and etiological agents of
several diseases. The pathogenic mechanisms carried out by these amoebae in different …

Background In vitro models for studying interactions between Acanthamoeba and host cells
are crucial for understanding the pathomechanism of Acanthamoeba and assessing …

Free-living amoebae (FLA) are gaining attention due to the increasing number of related
grave central nervous system (CNS) and sight-threatening eye infections and their role as …

Naegleria fowleri is the causative agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rapid
and acute infection of the central nervous system with a fatal outcome in> 97% of cases. Due …

We conducted a comprehensive comparative analysis of extracellular vesicles (EVs) from
two Acanthamoeba castellanii strains, Neff (environmental) and T4 (clinical). Morphological …

Naegleria fowleri is the causative agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rapid
and acute infection of the central nervous system with a fatal outcome in> 97% of cases. Due …