Corporate Author(s) |
Centre for Disease Control
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Publication Date |
2015-06
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Abstract |
Naegleria fowleri is an organism known as an amoeba that lives naturally in warm freshwater bodies and soil. It can be found in warm, stagnant bodies of water including lakes, hot springs, irrigation canals, warm water
discharge from industrial plants, poorly maintained swimming pools and spas and garden hoses or sprinklers containing stagnant water. It is a naturally occurring organism in the Northern Territory. It does not exist in
seawater.
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Link | |
Publisher |
Department of Health
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Subject |
Amoeba
Water
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Title |
Naegleria fowleri in the Northern Territory
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Type of document |
Fact sheet
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Entity Type |
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