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SUBMITTER: Gharpure R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7774533 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gharpure Radhika R Gleason Michelle M Salah Zainab Z Blackstock Anna J AJ Hess-Homeier David D Yoder Jonathan S JS Ali Ibne Karim M IKM Collier Sarah A SA Cope Jennifer R JR
Emerging infectious diseases 20210101 1
Naegleria fowleri is a free-living ameba that causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare but usually fatal disease. We analyzed trends in recreational water exposures associated with PAM cases reported during 1978-2018 in the United States. Although PAM incidence remained stable, the geographic range of exposure locations expanded northward. ...[more]