ISOLATION OF NAEGLERIA-FOWLERI FROM THE COOLING POND OF AN ELECTRIC-POWER PLANT IN FRANCE
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. A132 (1) , 97-105
Abstract
Strains (11) of Naegleria were isolated from 126 samples of the cooling pond of an electric power plant near Metz, France. Three strains showed specific characters of N. fowleri (pathogenicity for mice after intranasal instillation, immunofluorescence with anti N. fowleri serum and non-agglutination with Concanavalin A up to 1 mg/ml. Some particular characteristics were noted; the cysts showed a high number of pores and the pathogenicity was lower using Swiss mice than using NMRI mice. The need for a standardization of methods for isolation and characterization is discussed as is the occurrence of N. fowleri at the site.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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