Talk:Naegleria fowleri

Plan to add information on Naegleria fowleri presence in the United States

Will add information over some of the major studies done on National Parks and Large bodies of water in which the microbe in question has been found. --Alfonzaux (talk) 00:59, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

minimally chlorinated concentration seems wrong

"poorly maintained or minimally chlorinated (under 0.5 mg/m3 residual)" is probably mistaken, and should be 0.5g/m3 or 0.5mg/l.

Minimum chlorine concentration in pools seems to be around 1ppm according to https://ncceh.ca/documents/practice-scenario/pool-chlorination-and-closure-guidelines

--109.130.172.44 (talk) 19:01, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

Improving structure and quality of this article

I strongly suggest anyone with enough time to improve this article consult this peer-reviewed review paper on the subject:

De Jonckheere, J.F., 2011. Origin and evolution of the worldwide distributed pathogenic amoeboflagellate Naegleria fowleri. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 11(7), pp.1520-1528.

Most of the (many) missing citations in this article can be found in this paper. trees (talk) 23:14, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

For reference, this is doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2011.07.023. jlwoodwa (talk) 20:56, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Anth1913

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 19 August 2024 and 10 December 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Alfonzaux (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Elijah Lena, Gabiijohnson.

— Assignment last updated by JGustafson12 (talk) 23:02, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Average age range of those affected by Naegleria fowleri

Would it be helpful to add to this page in the Pathogenicity section about how it commonly causes disease in mainly children and youth ages 5-15? And including a source. --Bnd1200 (talk) 22:21, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

Possible addition in etymology

The "fowleri" part of the name [species] has a correct etymology. However the origin of first part [genus] is left out. It comes from Kurt Nägler, who was an ameba researcher. Perhaps this should be added too. This is mentioned in another part of Wikipedia [Naegleriasis]. It may be good idea to add it here too. Kindly advise. Thanks. Neotaruntius (talk) 10:39, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

The treatment section.

The treatment section does not accurately reflect recent treatments. Orangeorang1 (talk) 23:18, 9 April 2026 (UTC)