Lawande R V
Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1983 Feb;77(1):45-9. doi: 10.1080/00034983.1983.11811671.
An attempt was made to recover soil amoebae from the air during the harmattan in Zaria, Nigeria. Non-nutrient agar plates seeded with Escherichia coli were used as settle plates and exposed to the air for 30 minutes to four hours, after which they were incubated at 27 degrees C or at 37 degrees C. A total of 38 strains of amoebae were cultured: 21 of the genus Hartmannella, eight Naegleria, four Schizopyrenus, three Didascalus and two Tetramitus. Three pathogenic species, H. culbertsoni, N. fowleri and H. rhysodes, were also recovered and all killed mice. These results suggest the possibility of airborne primary amoebic meningoencephalitis infections in Nigeria.
在尼日利亚扎里亚的哈马丹风期间，人们尝试从空气中回收土壤变形虫。接种了大肠杆菌的非营养琼脂平板用作沉降平板，暴露于空气中30分钟至4小时，之后在27摄氏度或37摄氏度下培养。共培养出38株变形虫菌株：21株属于哈特曼氏阿米巴属，8株内格里属，4株裂核变形虫属，3株迪达斯卡尔变形虫属和2株四膜虫属。还分离出了三种致病物种，即库氏哈特曼氏阿米巴、福氏耐格里阿米巴和里斯奥德氏哈特曼氏阿米巴，它们均能致小鼠死亡。这些结果表明在尼日利亚存在空气传播原发性阿米巴脑膜脑炎感染的可能性。
