Miles B. Markus

TL;DR: The results demonstrate the usefulness of 18S ribosomal DNA PCR amplimers ASA.S1 and GTSA.B1 for Acanthamoeba-specific detection and reliable genotyping, respectively, and provide further evidence that T4 is the predominant genotype in AK.

TL;DR: There is an urgent need for parasitologists, epidemiologists, immunologists and virologists to undertake comprehensive, transdisciplinary research on the new dimension created by the HIV/AIDS epidemics in the same impoverished communities and countries where helminthiasis is hyperendemic.

TL;DR: This Review presents what has been learned in recent years about the natural history of the pre-erythrocytic stages of the parasite life cycle, mainly using intravital imaging in rodents, and considers how this new knowledge is in turn changing the understanding of the immune response mounted by the host against thePre-ery throatcytic forms.

TL;DR: Prevalence trends in this old community in Cape Town could indicate infection by swallowing eggs or cysts on food or in water, more than by exposure to polluted soil, and the immune response to intestinal parasites might be a risk factor for HIV/AIDS and TB.

TL;DR: The phylogenetic clustering of AK isolates was confirmed and thus is not specific to the nuclear gene, and Rns and rns sequences are both suitable for genotyping of Acanthamoeba.