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Main Title Health effects support document for Acanthamoeba.
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Author Title of a Work
Nwachuku, Nena.
Gerba, Charles P.,
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Health and Ecological Criteria Div.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Health and Ecological Criteria Division,
Year Published 2003
Report Number EPA 822-R-03-012
Stock Number PB2004-103902
OCLC Number 57565427
Subjects Acanthamoeba--Toxicology ; Drinking water ; Risk assessment ; Acanthamoeba Keratitis--transmission ; Acanthamoeba--pathogenicity ; Environmental Exposure--adverse effects ; Encephalitis--parasitology ; Contact Lenses--parasitology
Additional Subjects Acanthamoeba ; Drinking water ; Health effects ; Disease ; Pathology ; Public health ; Infections ; Contaminants ; Protozoa ; Contact lenses ; Taxonomy ; Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List(CCL)
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=20003KD0.PDF
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/ccl/pdf/hedoc-acanthamoeba-final.pdf
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ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 822-R-03-012 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD RPS EPA 822-R-03-012 repository copy AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 02/03/2020
NTIS  PB2004-103902 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract Acanthamoeba spp. are protozoa which are widespread in the environment. However, only a few species are capable of causing disease in humans. Acanthamoeba are capable of causing eye infections in persons who wear contact lenses or experience eye trauma. It is also capable of causing granulomatous amoebic encephalitis in immune deficient individuals. Acanthamoeba that cause disease are also 'free-living' i.e. they can reproduce in the environment without infecting a host. Those capable of causing disease are referred to as amphizoic amoeba because of their ability to live both free in nature and as pathogens in a host. Acanthamoeba has two stages in its life cycle (cyst and trophozoite). The cyst is the environmentally resistant stage and can survive in the environment for many years. Acanthamoeba feed on bacteria, fungi, other protozoa, and cyanobacteria. They are easily grown on non-nutrient agar plates seeded with Escherichia coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Notes "EPA 822-R-03-012." "May 2003." Written by Nena Nwachuku and Charles P. Gerba. Includes bibliographical references.
Place Published Washington, DC
Supplementary Notes See also PB2003-100889.
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Access Notes Also available on the Internet. Last viewed: 05/25/2004.
Corporate Au Added Ent United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Health and Ecological Criteria Division.
PUB Date Free Form 2003
NTIS Prices PC A06/MF A01
BIB Level m
Medium unmediated
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Cataloging Source OCLC/T
Merged OCLC records 55480425
OCLC Time Stamp 20200131070708
Language eng
Origin OCLC
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OCLC Rec Leader 02091cam 22005534a 45010