| the pathogenic amoeboflagellate naegleria fowleri: environmental isolations, competitors, ecologic interactions, and the flagellate-empty habitat hypothesis. | from several surveys of environmental sites, the virulent human pathogen, naegleria fowleri, was isolated from a pond in georgia, a sewage treatment plant in missouri, and from the potomac and anacostia rivers near and in washington, d.c. widely scattered, sparse populations seemed only a potential threat to human health at the time of sampling. the data support an estimate that the sites sampled contain 10,000 typical, low temperature, bactivorous amoebae for each heat tolerant amoeba able to g ... | 1983 | 6631781 |
| primary amebic meningoencephalitis--georgia, 2002. | in early september 2002, the georgia division of public health and cdc were notified about a fatal case of primary amebic meningoencephalitis (pam) caused by naegleria fowleri in a boy aged 11 years who had recently swum in a local river. this report summarizes the case investigation. in response to this case, the district health department recommended that local community authorities advise persons to avoid swimming in this river during periods of high temperature and low water depth. | 2003 | 14534512 |