Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis Caused by Naegleria fowleri: An Old Enemy Presenting New Challenges

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah ^a   Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CLEANING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLAMMATION; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TROPHOZOITE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; AMEBIASIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RECREATION; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR;

WATER;

AMEBIASIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; RECREATION; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84928898393     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003017     Document Type: Article

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