Bibliography for Naegleria Alexieff, 1912

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• Alexieff, A. 1912. Sur les charactères cytologiques et la systematique des amibes du group limax (Naegleria nov. gen. et Hartmannia nov. gen.) et des amibes parasites des Vertèbres (Proctamoeba nov. gen.). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 37: 55
• Anderson K. & Jamieson A. 1972. Agglutination test for the investigation of the genus Naegleria. Pathology 4: 273-278
• Anderson K. & Jamieson A. 1972. Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. Lancet 22: 902-903
• Carter, R.F. 1968. Primary amoebic meningo-encephalitis: clinical, pathological and epidemiological features of six fatal cases. Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology 96: 1-25
• Carter, R.F. 1970. Description of a Naegleria sp. isolated from two cases of primary amoebic meningo-encephalitis, and of the experimental pathological changes induced by it. Journal of Pathology 100: 217-244
• Carter, R.F. 1972. Primary amoebic meningo-encephalitis. An appraisal of present knowledge. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 66: 193-213
• De Jonckheere, J.F. 1981. Naegleria australiensis sp. nov., another pathogenic Naegleria from water. Protistologica 17: 423-429
• De Jonckheere, J.F. 1988. Naegleria andersoni n.sp., a cosmopolitan amoeboflagellate, with two subspecies. European Journal of Protistology 23: 327-333
• De Jonckheere, J.F. 1994. Willaertia minor is a species of Naegleria. Evidence that Naegleria flagellates can divide. European Journal of Protistology 31: 58-62
• De Jonckheere, J.F. 1994. Comparison of partial SSUrDNA sequences suggests revisions of species names in the genus Naegleria. European Journal of Protistology 30: 333-341
• De Jonckheere, J.F. 2002. A century of research on the amoeboflagellate genus Naegleria. Acta Protozoologica 41: 309-342
• De Jonckheere, J.F. 2004. Molecular definition and the ubiquity of species in the genus Naegleria. Protist 155: 89–103
• De Jonckheere, J.F., Brown, S., Dobson, P.J., Robinson, B.S. & Pernin, P. 2001. The amoeba-to-flagellate transformation test is not reliable for the diagnosis of the genus Naegleria. Description of three new Naegleria spp. Protist 152: 115-121
• DeJonckheere, J.F., Pernin, P., Scaglia, M. & Michel, R. 1984. A comparative study of 14 strains of Naegleria australiensis demonstrates the existence of a highly virulent subspecies: N. australiensis italica spp. Journal of Protozoology 31: 324-331
• De Jonckheere, J.F. & Brown, S. 1999. SSUrDNA analysis reveals the existence of a second Naegleria sp. with dividing flagellates: N. robinsoni sp. nov. European Journal of Protistology 35: 264-266
• Dobson, P.J., Robinson, B.S., Christy, P. & Hayes, S.J. 1993. Low genetic diversity in Willaertia magna from wide geographical sources, and characterisation of Willaertia minor n. sp. (Heterolobosea, Vahlkampfiidae). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 40: 298-304
• Dobson, P.J., Robinson, B.S. & Rowan-Kelly, B. 1997. New thermophilic Naegleria species (Heterolobosea: Vahlkampfiidae) from Australia and Asia: Allozyme, morphometric and physiological characterisation. Acta Protozoologica 36: 261-271
• Dorsch, M.M., Cameron, A.S. & Robinson, B.S. 1983. The epidemiology and control of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis with particular reference to South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 77: 372-377
• Ferrante, A., Carter, R.F., Lopez, A.F., Rowan-Kelly, B., Hill, N.L. & Vadas, M.A. 1988. Depression of immunity to Naegleria fowleri in mice by selective depletion of neutrophils with a monoclonal antibody. Infection and Immunity 56: 2286-2291
• Ferrante, A., Hill, N.L., Abell, T.J. & Pruul, H. 1987. Role of myeloperoxidase in the killing of Naegleria fowleri by lymphokine-altered human neutrophils. Infection and Immunity 55: 1047-1050
• Ferrante, A. & Bates, E.J. 1988. Elastase in the pathogenic free-living amoebae Naegleria and Acanthamoeba spp. Infection and Immunity 56: 3320-3321
• Ferrante, A. & Lederer, E. 1986. Curative properties of muramyl dipeptide in experimental Naegleria meningoencephalitis. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 80: 323-326
• Ferrante, A. & Rowan-Kelly, B. 1988. The role of antibody in immunity against experimental Naegleria meningoencephalitis ('amoebic meningitis'). Immunology 64: 241-244
• Ferrante, A. & Thong, Y.H. 1979. Antibody induced capping and endocytosis of surface antigens in Naegleria fowleri. International Journal for Parasitology 9: 599-601
• Ferrante, A. & Thong, Y.H. 1980. Unique phagocytic process in neutrophil-mediated killing of Naegleria fowleri. Immunology Letters 2: 37-41
• Fowler, M. & Carter, R.F. 1965. Acute pyogenic meningitis probably due to Acanthamoeba sp.: a preliminary report. British Medical Journal 2: 740-742
• Griffin, J.L. 1978. Pathogenic free-living amoebae. pp. 507-549 in Kreier, J.P. Parasitic Protozoa. New York : Academic Press Vol. 2.
• Jamieson, A. & Anderson, K. 1973. A method for the isolation of Naegleria species from water samples. Pathology 5: 55-58
• Jamieson, A. & Anderson, K. 1974. Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. Lancet 1: 261
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• Matias, R.R., Enriquez, G.L. & Natividad, F.F. 1991. Cell biology of the Philippine amoeboflagellate, Naegleria philippinensis. Trans. Nat. Acad. Sci. (Philipp.) 13: 439-444
• Pernin, P. & De Jonckheere, J.F. 1996. Naegleria pussardi, a new Naegleria species phylogenetically related to the high temperature tolerant species at the molecular level. European Journal of Protistology 32: 403-411
• Schardinger, F. 1899. Entwichlungskreis einer Amoeba lobosa (Gymnamoeba): Amoeba gruberi. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. Abteilung I 108: 713-734
• Schuster, F.L. & Visvesvara, G.S. 2004. Free-living amoebae as opportunistic and non-opportunistic pathogens of humans and animals. International Journal for Parasitology 34: 1001-1027
• Stevens, A.R., De Jonckheere, J.& Willaert, E. 1980. Naegleria lovaniensis new species: isolation and identification of six thermophilic strains of a new species found in association with Naegleria fowleri. International Journal for Parasitology 10: 51-64
• Thong, Y.H., Carter, R.F., Ferrante, A. & Rowan-Kelly, B. 1983. Site of expression of immunity to Naegleria fowleri in immunized mice. Parasite Immunology 5: 67-76
• Thong, Y.H., Ferrante, A., Rowan-Kelly, B. & O'Keefe, D. 1980. Immunization with live amoebae, amoebic lysate and culture supernatant in experimental Naegleria meningoencephalitis. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 74: 570-576
• Thong, Y.H., Ferrante, A., Rowan-Kelly, B. & O'Keefe, D.E. 1979. Immunization with culture supernatant in experimental amoebic meningoencephalitis. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 73: 684-685
• Thong, Y.H., Ferrante, A., Shepherd, C. & Rowan-Kelly, B. 1978. Resistance of mice to Naegleria meningoencephalitis transferred by immune serum. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 72: 650-652
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