Survey of Naegleria fowleri in geothermal recreational waters of Guadeloupe (French West Indies).

In 2008 a fatal case of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, due to the amoeboflagellate Naegleria fowleri, occurred in Guadeloupe, French West Indies, after a child swam in a bath fed with geothermal water. In order to improve the knowledge on free-living amoebae in this tropical part of France, we...

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Main Authors: Mirna Moussa, Johan F De Jonckheere, Jérôme Guerlotté, Vincent Richard, Alexandra Bastaraud, Marc Romana, Antoine Talarmin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3548798?pdf=render