NAEGLERIA: PREVENTABLE BY WATER CHLORINATION

Naegleria fowleri is a free-living, thermophilic protist belonging to phylum Percolozoa, typically found in warm bodies of fresh water, such as ponds, lakes, rivers, and hot springs. It is also found in soil, near warm-water discharges of industrial plants, and in poorly chlorinated, or unchlorinate...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Mumtaz Khan, Iftikhar Ahmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gomal Medical College, D.I.Khan, Pakistan 2015-06-01
Series:Gomal Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://gjms.com.pk/ojs24/index.php/gjms/article/view/1227