Selected References

• Shakoor S, Beg MA, Mahmood SF, Bandea R, Sriram R, Noman F, et al. Primary amebic meningoencephalitis caused by Naegleria fowleri, Karachi, Pakistan. [PDF - 4 pages] Emerg Infect Dis 2011:17;258-261.
• Yoder JS, Eddy BA, Visvesvara GS, Capewell L, Beach MJ. The epidemiology of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in the USA, 1962-2008. Epidemiol Infect. 2010;138:968-975.
• CDC. Primary amebic meningoencephalitis--Arizona, Florida, and Texas, 2007. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2008;57(21):573-577.
• Visvesvara GS, Moura H, Schuster FL. Pathogenic and opportunistic free-living amoebae: Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, Naegleria fowleri, and Sappinia diploidea. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2007;50(1):1-26.
• Cogo PE, Scagli M, Gatti S, Rossetti F, Alaggio R, Laverda AM, Zhou L, Xiao L, Visvesvara GS. Fatal Naegleria fowleri meningoencephalitis, Italy. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004;10(10):1835-7.
• CDC. Primary amebic meningoencephalitis--Georgia, 2002. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003;52(40):962-964
• CDC. Primary amebic meningoencephalitis--North Carolina, 1991. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1992;41(25):437-440.

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