Naegleria

"Naegleria" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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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.

Descriptor ID

D009253

MeSH Number(s)

B01.046.500.700.710

Concept/Terms

Naegleria

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Naegleria".

Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Amoebozoa [B01.046]
Lobosea [B01.046.500]
Schizopyrenida [B01.046.500.700]
Naegleria [B01.046.500.700.710]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Naegleria".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Naegleria".

Naegleria
Naegleria fowleri

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2013	1	0	1

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