[b]Abstract Introduction[/b]. Among free-living amoebae that are widely distributed in nature only four genera/species are known as agents of human infections:[i] Acanthamoeba spp., Naegleriafowleri, Balamuthia mandrillaris[/i] and[i] Sappiniapedata[/i]. These amoebae are not well adapted to parasitism, and could exist in the human environment without the need for a host. Infections due to thes...

background: there are many genera of free-living amoeba in the environment, but members of only four genera ( naegleria , acanthamoeba , balamuthia and sappinia ) have an association with human infection. water, soil and air are main sources of infective types of these pathogenic organisms for human. methods: totally, 30 samples were collected from the surface water sources of shiraz city, the ...