The impact of man on the occurrence of the pathogenic free-living amoeboflagellate Naegleria fowleri

Future Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-7

  De Jonckheere, Johan F ^a,b  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ecology; global warming; pathogenic free living amoebae; thermal pollution

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; DEATH; FRANCE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MICROCLIMATE; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

EID: 84555197112     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.11.141     Document Type: Review

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