USEFUL LINKS & REFERENCES
Useful Links
Pubmed (online medical journal database)
References
Journal articles
Parija SC, Jayakeerthee SR. Naegleria fowleri: a free living amoeba of emerging medical importance. J Commun Dis. 1999 Sep;31(3):153-9. Review. PMID: 10916609 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Marshall MM, Naumovitz D, Ortega Y, Sterling CR. Waterborne protozoan pathogens. Clin Microbiol Rev. 1997 Jan;10(1):67-85. Review. Erratum in: Clin Microbiol Rev 1998 Apr;11(2):404.
Hannisch W, Hallagan LF. Primary amebic meningoencephalitis: a review of the clinical literature. Wilderness Environ Med. 1997 Nov;8(4):211-3.
Martinez AJ, Visvesvara GS. Free-living, amphizoic and opportunistic
amebas.
Brain Pathol. 1997 Jan;7(1):583-98.
Bottone, E. J. 1993. Free-living amebas of the genera Acanthamoeba and Naegleria: an overview and basic microbiologic correlates. Mt. Sinai J. Med. 60:260–270.
Ferrante A. Free-living amoebae: pathogenicity and immunity. Parasite Immunol. 1991 Jan;13(1):31-47.
Visvesvara GS, Stehr-Green JK. Epidemiology of free-living ameba infections. J Protozool 1990; 37:25S-33S.
Im KI. Pathogenic free-living amoebae. Kisaengchunghak Chapchi. 1990 Dec;28 Suppl:29-39.
Ma P, Visvesvara GS, Martinez AJ, Theodore FH, Daggett PM, Sawyer TK. Naegleria and Acanthamoeba infections: review. Rev Infect Dis. 1990 May-Jun;12(3):490-513.
Thong YH. Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis: fifteen years later. Med J Aust. 1980 Apr 19;1(8):352-4.
John DT. Primary amebic meningoencephalitis and the biology of Naegleria fowleri. Annu Rev Microbiol. 1982;36:101-23.
Loschiavo F, Ventura-Spagnolo T, Sessa E, Bramanti P. Acute primary meningoencephalitis from entamoeba Naegleria Fowleri. Report of a clinical case with a favourable outcome. Acta Neurol (Napoli). 1993 Oct;15(5):333-40.
Seidel JS, Harmatz P, Visvesvara GS, Cohen A, Edwards J, Turner J. Successful treatment of primary amebic meningoencephalitis. N Eng J Med 1982;306:346-48.
Visvesvara GS, Martinez AJ. Protozoa: free-living amebae. In: Infectious Diseases, Vol. 2. D Armstrong and S Cohen (eds). London: Mosby, 1999, pp. 33.1-33.6.
Wiwanitkit, Viroj. “Review of Clinical Presentations in Thai Patients With Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis.” http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/468088_1.
Lozano-Alarcon F, Bradley GA, Houser BS, Visvesvara GS. Primary amebic meningoencephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri in a South American tapir. Vet Pathol. 1997 May;34(3):239-43. http://www.vetpathology.org/cgi/reprint/34/3/239
Books
Markell E, David J, Woljciech K. Medical Parasitology. Pennsylvania: Saunders, 1999. 175-181.
Websites
"Naegleria Infection Factsheet." Center for Disease
Control Division of Parasitic Diseases http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/naegleria/
factsht_naegleria.htm. 21 May 2004.
Khan, Asad and Johng King. "Naegleria." eMedicine. http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2807.htm. 20 May 2004
"Large River Ecosystem." US Fish & Wildlife Service." http://endangered.fws.gov/rivers.html. May 15 2004
"Naegleria fowleri - Images." Bugs on the Web. http://medstat.med.utah.edu/parasitology/Naegleria.html. 20 May 2004.
"Naegleria." Maciver Lab Webpage. The University of Edinberg. http://www.bms.ed.ac.uk/research/others/smaciver/naegleria.htm 19 May 2004.
Wiser, Mark. "Free-Living Protozoa and Human Disease."
Tulane University. http://www.tulane.edu/~wiser/protozoology/notes/free.html