"Acanthamoeba castellanii" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of free-living soil amoebae in the family Acanthamoebidae. It can cause ENCEPHALITIS and KERATITIS in humans.
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D048248
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.046.500.100.075.080.150
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acanthamoeba castellanii" by people in Profiles.
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Contact lens care solution killing efficacy against Acanthamoeba castellanii by in vitro testing and live-imaging. Cont Lens Anterior Eye. 2015 Dec; 38(6):442-50.
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The Legionella pneumophila kai operon is implicated in stress response and confers fitness in competitive environments. Environ Microbiol. 2014 Feb; 16(2):359-81.
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Identification of a second mimicry epitope from Acanthamoeba castellanii that induces CNS autoimmunity by generating cross-reactive T cells for MBP 89-101 in SJL mice. Int Immunol. 2011 Dec; 23(12):729-39.
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Transcriptional down-regulation and rRNA cleavage in Dictyostelium discoideum mitochondria during Legionella pneumophila infection. PLoS One. 2009 May 27; 4(5):e5706.