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Main Title Pathogenic Naegleria : distribution in nature /
Author Wellings, Flora Mae, ; Amuso, Philip T. ; Lewis, Arthur L. ; Farmelo, Mary Jane ; Moody, Dewey J.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Amuso, Philip T.,
Lewis, Arthur L.,
Farmelo, Mary Jane,
Moody, Dewey J.,
Osikowicz, Caroline L.,
Wellings, Flora Mae.
Jakubowski, Walter.
CORP Author Epidemiology Research Center, Tampa, FL. ;Florida State Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Tallahassee.;Health Effects Research Lab., Cincinnati, OH.
Publisher Health Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Available through the National Technical Information Service.
Year Published 1979
Report Number EPA-600/1-79-018; EPA-R-803511; EPA-R-804375; PB297503
Stock Number PB 297 503
OCLC Number 07716577
Subjects Protozoa, Pathogenic ; Freshwater microbiology--Florida ; Amoeba ; Meningoencephalitis ; Amoeba--microbiology ; Meningoencephalitis--etiology ; Water--analysis
Additional Subjects Amoeba ; Protozoal diseases ; Microorganisms ; Water pollution ; Soils ; Distribution ; Invertebrates ; Protoza ; Florida ; Lakes ; Fresh water ; Aquatic microbiology ; Sampling ; Recommendations ; Cultures(Biology) ; Isolation ; Pathogenic microorganisms ; Naegleria ; Meningoencephalitis
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=2000ZHUF.PDF
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EJBD  EPA 600-1-79-018 c1-2 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 04/28/2014
EKBD  EPA-600/1-79-018 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 09/07/2001
EKCD  EPA-600/1-79-018 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 05/29/2018
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-1-79-018 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD RPS EPA 600-1-79-018 repository copy AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 08/31/2020
NTIS  PB-297 503 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation xi, 80 pages : illustrations.
Abstract
Infection in man with pathogenic Naegleria, a free-living soil amoeba, results in a usually fatal disease entity known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. Epidemiological data usually included exposure to freshwater lakes or streams within the week prior to onset. However, no confirmed isolations had been made from the suspected exposure sites. The major obligation of this study was to determine the presence or absence of pathogenic Naegleria in freshwater lakes in Florida which had been associated with human cases of PAM. Secondary objectives were to elucidate the source of these amoebae, i.e., soil, avian, and/or mammals and to determine the environmental and/or ecological factors related to the presence of pathogenic Naegleria in lake waters. Results showed conclusively that pathogenic Naegleria amoebae are widely distributed in Florida's freshwater lakes. Examination of samples obtained from freshwater lakes in Georgia also showed extensive distribution of these amoebae. Samples submitted from a lake in South Carolina, which was associated with a PAM case, also yielded pathogenic Naegleria, indicating that these organisms are not unique to Florida's subtropical climate. These studies indicate that pathogenic Naegleria are ubiquitous and over winter in lake bottom sediments or at the sediment/lake water interface. No significant differences have been established among lakes supporting large populations of pathogenic Naegleria and those supporting very limited or undetectable populations.
Notes
Performing organization: Epidemiology Research Center, Florida. Sponsoring organization: Health Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Conducted in cooperation with the Florida Central Operations Services, Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Grant nos. R-803511 and R-804375. Environmental health effects research series. EPA-600/1-79-018. Includes bibliographical references.