Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis Caused by Naegleria fowleri, Karachi, Pakistan

Sadia Shakoor, Mohammad Asim Beg, Syed Faisal Mahmood

, Rebecca Bandea, Rama Sriram, Fatima Noman, Farheen Ali, Govinda S. Visvesvara, and Afia Zafar

Author affiliations: Author ffiliations: Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan (S. Shakoor, M.A. Beg, S.F. Mahmood, F. Ali, A. Zafar); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (R. Bandea, R. Sriram, G.S. Visvesvara); Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi (F. Noman)

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Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) cases seen in 2008 and 2009 by month (white bars) and average monthly peak temperatures (black line), Karachi, Pakistan. Karachi monthly temperatures obtained from http://www.wunderground.com/global/PK.html.

Figure. Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) cases seen in 2008 and 2009 by month (white bars) and average monthly peak temperatures (black line), Karachi, Pakistan. Karachi monthly temperatures obtained from http://www.wunderground.com/global/PK.html.

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