Naegleria fowleri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Heterolobosea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Protozoa
Subregnum: Eozoa
Infraregnum: Excavata
Phylum: Percolozoa
Subphylum: Tetramitia
Classis: Heterolobosea

Ordo: Schizopyrenida
Familia: Vahlkampfiidae
Genus: Naegleria
Species: Naegleria fowleri

Name

  • Naegleria fowleri Carter, 1970

References

  • Carter, R.F. 1970: Description of a Naegleria sp. isolated from two cases of primary amoebic meningo-encephalitis, and of the experimental pathological changes induced by it. Journal of pathology, 100(4): 217–244, plates LXXXIII-XCIV. DOI: 10.1002/path.1711000402

New Zealand references

  • Cursons RT, Sleigh JW, Hood D, Pullon D. 2003: A case of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis: North Island, New Zealand. NZ Med J 2003;116(1187). URL:

https://web.archive.org/web/20050912092526/http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/116-1187/712/

  • Ellis-Pegler, R. 2003: Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis – rare and lethal. New Zealand medical journal, 116(1187): full text
For more multimedia, look at Naegleria fowleri on Wikimedia Commons.
This article is issued from Wikimedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.