Publications

serology of naegleria fowleri and naegleria lovaniensis in a hospital survey.	an avidin-biotin horseradish peroxidase method was used to detect antibodies to naegleria fowleri and n. lovaniensis in human serum samples. antibodies were detected in 101 specimens from 115 hospital patients ranging in age from 15 to 98 years. class-specific anti-immunoglobulins identified antibodies as igg and igm. igg antibody titers to both species ranged from 1:20 to 1:640. seven of 15 serum samples collected from newborn infants also demonstrated igg antibodies to these organisms with a t ...	1987	3309270
isolation of the etiological agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis from artifically heated waters.	to determine whether artificial heating of water by power plant discharges facilitates proliferation of the pathogenic free-living amoebae that cause primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, water samples (250 ml) were taken from discharges within 3,000 feet (ca. 914.4 m) of power plants and were processed for amoeba culture. pathogenic naegleria fowleri grew out of water samples from two of five lakes and rivers in florida and from one of eight man-made lakes in texas. pathogenic n. fowleri did not ...	1977	596872