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By Mayo Clinic staffThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that the following measures may reduce your risk of naegleria infection:
- Don't swim or jump into warm freshwater lakes and rivers.
- Hold your nose shut or use nose clips when jumping or diving into warm bodies of fresh water.
- Avoid disturbing the sediment while swimming in shallow, warm fresh waters.
References
- Fact sheet: Naegleria infection. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http:www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/naegleria/factsht_naegleria.htm. Accessed Jan. 7, 2010.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Naegleria Workgroup. Primary amebic meningoencephalitis - Arizona, Florida and Texas, 2007. Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report. 2008:21;573.
- Solaymani-Mohammadi S, et al. Naegleria fowleri. In: Long SS, et al. Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier; 2008. http://www.mdconsult.com/das/book/body/177544974-4/936603208/1679/273.html#4-u1.0-B978-0-443-06687-0..50272-1_4741. Accessed Jan. 7, 2010.
- Weisse ME, et al. Primary amebic meningoencephalitis. In: Kliegman RM, et al. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier; 2007. http://www.mdconsult.com/das/book/body/177544974-4/936603208/1608/712.html#. Accessed Jan. 7, 2010.
- Leder K, et al. Free living amebas. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Jan. 7, 2010.
- Neurological diagnostic tests and procedures. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/misc/diagnostic_tests.htm. Accessed Jan. 8, 2010.
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