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Tag: primary amoebic meningoencephalitis

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TWiP 115: The Cuscuta Factor

  • August 27, 2016
  • Tagged as: amoeba, brain eating amoeba, Cuscuta, dodder, eukaryote, holoparasite, Naegleria fowleri, parasite, parasitism, primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, stem holoparasite, tomato
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The TWiPlets solve the sad case of the Boy Who Went Swimming, and explain why the tomato is resistant to the plant parasite Cuscuta.

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TWiP 39: I encyst, said the amoeba

  • April 26, 2012
  • Tagged as: acanthamoeba castellani, keratitis, naegleria fowlerii, parasite, parasitism, podcast, primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, twip

Vincent and Dickson review the biology and pathogenesis of the amoebae Naegleria fowlerii and Acanthamoeba castellani.

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