Biology and pathogenesis of Acanthamoeba
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- 10 January 2012
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Parasites & Vectors
- Vol. 5 (1), 6-13
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-6
Abstract
Acanthamoeba is a free-living protist pathogen, capable of causing a blinding keratitis and fatal granulomatous encephalitis. The factors that contribute to Acanthamoeba infections include parasite biology, genetic diversity, environmental spread and host susceptibility, and are highlighted together with potential therapeutic and preventative measures. The use of Acanthamoeba in the study of cellular differentiation mechanisms, motility and phagocytosis, bacterial pathogenesis and evolutionary processes makes it an attractive model organism. There is a significant emphasis on Acanthamoeba as a Trojan horse of other microbes including viral, bacterial, protists and yeast pathogens.Keywords
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