TWiP 39: I encyst, said the amoeba
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Hosts:\\xa0Vincent Racaniello\\xa0and\\xa0Dickson Despommier
\\nVincent and Dickson review the biology and pathogenesis of the amoebae\\xa0Naegleria fowlerii\\xa0and\\xa0Acanthamoeba castellani.
\\nLinks for this episode:
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- N. fowlerii\\xa0life cycle\\xa0(CDC) \\n
- N. fowlerii at\\xa0Artful Amoeba \\n
- Naegleria\\xa0and\\xa0amoebic meningoencephalitis\\xa0(MDPH) \\n
- First case\\xa0of\\xa0Naegleria\\xa0PAM in Italy (Emerg Inf Dis) \\n
- N. fowlerii\\xa0in\\xa0well water\\xa0(Emerg Inf Dis) \\n
- Recent\\xa0N. fowlerii\\xa0case in\\xa0Minnesota\\xa0(Clin Inf Dis) \\n
- Beat the\\xa0holiday bug\\xa0(Sydney Morning Herald) \\n
- Is your\\xa0neti pot\\xa0safe? (Dallas News) \\n
- Acanthamoeba\\xa0keratitis\\xa0fact sheet\\xa0(CDC) \\n
- Letters read\\xa0on TWiP 39 \\n
Contact
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