PRIMARY MENINGOENCEPHALITIS CAUSED BY NAEGLERIA FOWLERI: A MINI REVIEW
The recent outbreak of primary meningoencephalitis caused by free-living amoebae (FLA), Naegleria fowleri, has gained increasing attention due to their confirmed fatality. It is caused by the entrance of contaminated water into nasal passage mainly by ablution practices. The symptoms include severe...
Saved in:
Main Author: | Hassan Bin-Asif et al |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Baqai University Press
2024-10-01
|
Series: | Baqai Journal of Health Sciences |
Online Access: | https://journals.baqai.edu.pk/index.php/CS/article/view/102 |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge Assessment of Naegleria fowleri Infection
by: Sadia Shakeel, et al.
Published: (2016-01-01) -
Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies of Naegleria fowleri Carter (1970): a review of the fatal brain-eating amoeba
by: N. Datta
Published: (2024-05-01) -
Advancing the understanding of Naegleria fowleri: Global epidemiology, phylogenetic analysis, and strategies to combat a deadly pathogen
by: Awadh Alanazi, et al.
Published: (2025-04-01) -
Improved Method for the Detection and Quantification of Naegleria fowleri in Water and Sediment Using Immunomagnetic Separation and Real-Time PCR
by: Bonnie J. Mull, et al.
Published: (2013-01-01) -
Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis in an Iranian Infant
by: Zahra Movahedi, et al.
Published: (2012-01-01)