title: [Free-living amoebae of the Naegleria and Acanthamoeba genus].
abstract: This is a review of data from literature related to free living amebas, their morphological and biological characteristics and their pathogenic potentials. The aim of this paper is to call attention of clinicians and laboratory workers to these protozoa with regard to the possibility of the onset of some fatal diseases caused by these amebas.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, University School of Medicine, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kranjcić-Zec
mesh_terms: D000048:Acanthamoeba; D000562:Amebiasis; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009253:Naegleria
vernacular_title: Slobodno zĭvenje amebe roda Naegleria i roda Acanthamoeba.