Naegleria fowleri in well water

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1499-1501

  Blair, Barbara ^a   Sarkar, Payal ^a   Bright, Kelly R ^a   Marciano Cabral, Francine ^b   Gerba, Charles P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WELL WATER;

GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOZOITE; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 50849138177     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1409.071076     Document Type: Letter

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