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SUBMITTER: Visvesvara GS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1233957 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Visvesvara Govinda S GS De Jonckheere Johan F JF Sriram Rama R Daft Barbara B
Journal of clinical microbiology 20050801 8
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 of N. 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. ...[more]