Open AccessIsolation and Molecular Typing of Naegleria fowleri from the Brain of a Cow That Died of Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis
Author(s) -
Govinda S. Visvesvara,
Johan F. De Jonckheere,
Rama Sriram,
B. M. Daft
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.43.8.4203-4204.2005
Subject(s) - naegleria fowleri , meningoencephalitis , naegleria , biology , internal transcribed spacer , typing , microbiology and biotechnology , ribosomal rna , isolation (microbiology) , virology , protozoa , gene , genetics
Naegleria fowleri causes an acute and rapidly fatal central nervous system infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) in healthy children and young adults. We describe here the identification ofN. fowleri isolated from the brain of one of several cows that died of PAM based on sequencing of the internal transcribed spacers, including the 5.8S rRNA genes.