XXth International Meeting on the Biology and Pathogenicity of Free-Living Amoebae (FLAM 2025)
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Parasitic Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 25
Special Issue Editors
Interests: free living amoebae; therapeutics; emerging parasitic protozoa; diagnosis; natural compounds; synthetic compounds
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Interests: free-living amoebae; pathogenesis; extracellular vesicles; molecular and cellular biology
Interests: entamoeba histolytica; free living amoebae; proteasome; proteases; virulence factors
Interests: acanthamoeba; free-living amoeba; syntehtic biology; genetic engineering; protists
Interests: free-living amoeba
Interests: free living amoebae; amphizoic amoebae; pathogenic mechanisms
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The main aim of this Special Issue is to cover the main advances and remaining challenges in the virulence, treatment, interactions, diversity, biology, and ecology of free-living amoebae presented at the XXth International Meeting on the Biology and Pathogenicity of Free-Living Amoebae (FLAM 2025).
Dr. Jacob Lorenzo-Morales
Dr. Ismael Castelan-Ramírez
Dr. José De Jesús Serrano-Luna
Dr. Alvaro de Obeso Fernandez Del Valle
Dr. Fernando Lares-Villa
Dr. Maritza Omaña-Molina
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- amoeba
- Naegleria
- Acanthamoeba
- Balamuthia
- Vermamoeba
- free-living
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