Primary amebic meningoencephalitis - Arizona, Florida, and Texas, 2007

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 57, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 573-577

  Matthews, S ^a   Ginzl, D ^b   Walsh, D ^b   Sherin, K ^b   Middaugh, J ^c   Hammond, R ^c   Bodager, D ^c   Komatsu, K ^d   Weiss, J ^d   Pascoe, N ^e   Marciano Cabral, F ^f   Villegas, E ^g   Visvesvara, G ^h   Yoder, J ^h   Eddy, B ^h   Capewell, L ^h   Sriram, R ^h   Bandyopadhyay, K ^h   Qvarnstrom, Y ^h   DaSilva, A ^h   Johnston, S ^h   Xiao, L ^h   Hill, V ^h   Roy, S ^h   Beach, M J ^h   more..

^a Osceola County Health Dept

^b Orange County Health Dept   (United States)

^c FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^e Texas Dept of State Health Svcs   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g National Exposure Research Laboratory

^h CDC

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ADOLESCENT; AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FATALITY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PARASITOLOGY; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; SWIMMING; TEXAS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 44449140114     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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