Eukaryote
naegleria
Subclass of:
Schizopyrenida
Definitions related to naegleria:
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A free-living soil amoeba pathogenic to humans and animals. It occurs also in water and sewage. The most commonly found species in man is NAEGLERIA FOWLERI which is the pathogen for primary amebic meningoencephalitis in primates.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A genus of parasitic amoeba in the family Vahlkampfiidae.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any unicellular, eukaryotic organism that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Naegleria genus level.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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Free living soil amoeba pathogenic to humans and animals; occurs also in water and sewage; most commonly found species in man is Naegleri fowleri which is the pathogen for primary amebic meningoencephalitis in primates.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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