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Acanthamoebiasis Pathology

Acanthamoebiasis Pathology is a parasitic disease pathology characterized by tissue invasion and damage caused by free-living amoebae of the genus *Acanthamoeba*, distinguished from other protozoan pathologies by its tropism for the central nervous system, eyes, and skin, often resulting in granulomatous amoebic encephalitis or Acanthamoeba keratitis.

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Successful Treatment of Disseminated<i>Acanthamoeba</i>sp. Infection with Miltefosine

A Aichelburg, Julia Walochnik, Ojan Assadian et al. · Emerging infectious diseases · 2008 · 120 citations · Full text

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Molecular and Physiological Differentiation Between Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Acanthamoeba

Naveed Ahmed Khan, Edward L. Jarroll, Timothy A. Paget · Current Microbiology · 2002 · 109 citations

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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome associated with Acanthamoeba infection and other opportunistic organisms.

Marlene Mosquera González, E Gould, G. Dickinson et al. · PubMed · 1986 · 99 citations

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Invasive amoebiasis: an emerging parasitic disease in patients infected with HIV in an area endemic for amoebic infection

Chien‐Ching Hung, Pei‐Jer Chen, Szu‐Min Hsieh et al. · AIDS · 1999 · 93 citations

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Pathogenic Acanthamoeba (Hartmanella)

C. G. Culbertson, W. M. Overton, Mildred A. Reveal · American Journal of Clinical Pathology · 1961 · 80 citations

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Authors

348

  1. NA
    Naveed Ahmed Khan

    Sunway University, Malaysia

    5 publications · 279 citations

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  2. MO
    Maritza Omaña‐Molina

    Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico

    4 publications · 94 citations

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  3. GS
    Govinda S. Visvesvara

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States

    4 publications · 277 citations

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  4. AM
    Adolfo Martínez‐Palomo

    Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico

    3 publications · 55 citations

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  5. CG
    C. G. Culbertson

    Eli Lilly (United States), United States

    3 publications · 110 citations

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Institutions

122

  1. Pomeranian Medical University

    Szczecin, Poland

    4 h-index

    23 publications

    492 citations

  2. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional

    Mexico City, Mexico

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    133 citations

  3. Universidad de La Laguna

    San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain

    3 h-index

    14 publications

    309 citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    347 citations

  5. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

    Chandigarh, India

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    433 citations

  6. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  7. Instituto Politécnico Nacional

    Mexico City, Mexico

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    126 citations

  8. Birkbeck, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    12 publications

    842 citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 13 publications · 363 citations

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  3. Parasitology Research

    7 publications · 180 citations

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  4. BMJ

    4 publications · 140 citations

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  5. Experimental Parasitology

    EP · 4 publications · 109 citations

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