Talk:Naegleria fowleri

iOS app
It needs to be noted that this article is currently unreadable in the iOS app — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paddy.carroll (talk • contribs) 20:29, 2020 September 26 (UTC)

Split content
Content relevant to organism was split from the disease Naegleriasis --Iztwoz (talk) 08:54, 6 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Just a note that in the last 30 days, Naegleria fowleri had about 22179 views (which redirected to this page until recently), while Naegleriasis only had 1058 views. The split does make sense, but just a heads up that most traffic while be people coming from the species page likely looking for apples information on the disease. We'll want to make sure the articles sync up well and people find their way easily from the species page to the disease page. Kingofaces43 (talk) 03:23, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

To add to article
Basic information to add to article: why is this only showing up in the past year or two in the United States? Is there anything (pollution, climate change, etc.) that is causing it to flourish in a way it didn't before? 173.89.236.187 (talk) 19:27, 18 August 2015 (UTC)


 * There is a difference between incidence rate & detection rate. It is likely detected at a higher rate in the States that in many other regions of the world where Naegleria fowleri are endemic but limited healthcare resources are available for diagnosis (particularly at lower latitudes where warm, fresh-water is available year-round). trees (talk) 23:08, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

The bug has been causing deaths in Australia very infrequently, since 1965. Infections occur when hot artesian water is left in cooling ponds in remote arid areas. Farmers/tourists who swim in these ponds are most at risk since nasal infection becomes much more likely. The bugs do not come from the wells although they do seem to thrive in the warm ponds. Cattle drinking from the ponds do not seem to be affected, nor do humans simply drinking the hot water. Some of the refs in the article are from WebMD, and are somewhat doubtful in terms of relevance to the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.220.102.111 (talk) 01:22, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

House M.D. episode
House_(season_2) episode 21 refers Naegleria fowleri — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:6:158D:3801:490B:9935:E4D5:A045 (talk) 23:27, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

hat note
User: Zakblade2000 - the reasons why we put that hat note are several, but this is common for articles about a pathogen and the disease it causes. See HIV and AIDS, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Tuberculosis, Leishmania and Leishmaniasis, etc. Jytdog (talk) 16:46, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

What temperature is needed to kill it?
The article says that it can survive at 113 degrees Fahrenheit, but doesn't say what temperature is needed in order to kill it. Btyner (talk) 01:13, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

"technically not classified as true amoeba..."
Correct me if I'm wrong but as far as I am aware there is "technically", i.e. in terms of biological terminology, no such category as "true" amoebae.

The Wikipedia article on Ameoba says: ''Amoebae do not form a single taxonomic group; instead, they are found in every major lineage of eukaryotic organisms... Microbiologists often use the terms "amoeboid" and "amoeba" interchangeably for any organism that exhibits amoeboid movement.'' It also mentions Naegleria fowleri among "well known species".

At a guess the contributor who added this sentence meant to say that the term "amoeba" should not be confused with "amoebozoan".

Also I very much doubt that "shapeshifting" is a "technical" term.

Could somebody with suitable knowledge of the correct terminology please correct this?

--86.13.184.107 (talk) 20:20, 26 September 2020 (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:

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