Amoebic encephalitis, caused by brain-eating amoebae in freshwater, is a rare but deadly infection with high fatality rates.

Ljungqvist, who has served as chairman of the IOC’s Medical Commission, though not during the time that the Barr tests were used, explained that since the Barr test has been abandoned and a new PCR ...

The Opposition UDF on Wednesday ridiculed health minister Veena George, saying she was "groping in the dark" and insisted ...

E. coli testing is rising on UK pig farms as producers act to tackle post-weaning diarrhoea following the zinc oxide ban.

The Opposition in Kerala staged a boycott of the Assembly session during an adjournment motion on amoebic meningoencephalitis ...

AME is primarily caused by free-living amoeba residing in fresh and stagnant water and in the soil beneath water sources like ...

Heidi Berghäll, EQA Solutions Manager, R&D of Labquality, commented, “It is important that both pathology and molecular tests are validated via a proper EQA scheme to monitor ongoing performance.

The phrase “brain-eating amoeba” refers to Naegleria fowleri, a free-living amoeba found in warm fresh water and soil. When ...

This study reports a novel immune evasion strategy evolved by dengue virus (DENV) to dampen T-cell mediated viral clearance.