Ab = Antibody; ALA = Amoebic liver abscess; CPG-ODN = Cytosine guanine oligodeoxynucleotide; DC = Dendritic cell; FCA = Freund's complete adjuvant; MLIF = Monocyte locomotion inhibitory factor ...

To keep the host cell alive during this process ... thrives in warm waters above 30°C and causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare but almost invariably fatal brain infection.

[66] Acute amoebic colitis ranges from mild to severe, and can be fulminant, leading to colon perforation. Amoebic liver abscess is the most common extraintestinal form of invasive amoebiasis.

It is known to feed on cells of the brain and leads to extensive ... eliminating the chances of such infections,” he said. Amoebic meningoencephalitis has a 90% mortality rate and although ...