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  • Title: Experimental infections with pathogenic free-living amebae in laboratory primate hosts: I. (B) A study on susceptibility to Acanthamoeba culbertsoni.
    Author: Wong MM, Karr SL, Balamuth WB.
    Journal: J Parasitol; 1975 Aug; 61(4):682-90. PubMed ID: 1165552.
    Abstract:
    Susceptibility to A. culbertsoni was studied in 15 Old World monkeys by intranasal, intravenous, or intrathecal inoculation of trophozoites. No clinically detectable disease resulted from either intranasal or intravenous inoculation, but 4 of 7 monkeys inoculated intrathecally succumbed to acutely fatal meningoencephalitis. Virulence of the ameba varied with cultural age of the inoculum. Size of inoculum, passages through animal tissues, and host-immune competence were other factors of consideration in pathogenicity of the ameba.
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