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Tackling the Deadly Naegleria fowleri Amoeba
Author(s) -
Bridges Ben
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.5991/opf.2014.40.0072
Subject(s) - naegleria fowleri , amoeba (genus) , naegleria , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , acanthamoeba , virology , meningoencephalitis
Louisiana water systems used extensive chlorination to remove a pathogenic amoeba species that can cause a rare but lethal disease.