TY - JOUR AU - Matanock, Almea AU - Mehal, Jason AU - Liu, Lindy AU - Blau, Diana AU - Cope, Jennifer T1 - Estimation of Undiagnosed Naegleria fowleri Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis, United States T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 1 SP - 162 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - neuroinfections KW - primary amebic meningoencephalitis KW - Naegleria fowleri KW - international classification of diseases KW - parasites KW - primary ameba KW - amebic meningitis KW - PAM KW - waterborne infections KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid2401.170545 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/1/17-0545_article ER - End of Reference