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Primary amebic meningoencephalitis is an acute, rare, typically fatal disease. We used epidemiologic risk factors and multiple cause-of-death mortality data to estimate the number of deaths that fit the typical… Click to show full abstract
Primary amebic meningoencephalitis is an acute, rare, typically fatal disease. We used epidemiologic risk factors and multiple cause-of-death mortality data to estimate the number of deaths that fit the typical pattern for primary amebic meningoencephalitis; we estimated an annual average of 16 deaths (8 male, 8 female) in the United States.
Keywords:
primary amebic;
estimation undiagnosed;
naegleria fowleri;
amebic meningoencephalitis;
undiagnosed naegleria
Journal Title: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Year Published: 2018
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Journal Title: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Year Published: 2018
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