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Amoebic meningitis
Amoebic meningitis is a usually fatal but rare disease that is usually found in tropical countries where the fresh water temperature exceeds 30°C.
Cause
Amoebic meningitis is caused by amoeba, an unicellular organism found in warm fresh water, entering through the nose of a person, perhaps when s/he dips her/his head underwater.
It is caused by all types of amoebas.
Incubation
The incubation period is usually between 3 to 7 days.
See also
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis
References
- Manson's Tropical Diseases
- Mandell's Principles and Practices of Infection Diseases or *this site
- Cecil Textbook of Medicine
- The Oxford Textbook of Medicine
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine
- Fact Sheet CDC - Naegelia
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This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Amoebic_meningitis". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.
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