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» Bad Bug Book: Acanthamoeba spp., Naegleria fowleri and other amobae
   Infections in humans are rare, often fatal, and are acquired through water entering the nasal passages. Includes cause, prevention, treatment, prognosis, and outbreaks.
   http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodborneIllness/FoodborneIllnessFoodbornePathogensNaturalToxins/BadBugBook/ucm070816.htm

» Bad Bug Book: Entamoeba histolytica
   Includes cause, symptoms, associated foods, complications, and outbreaks.
   http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodborneIllness/FoodborneIllnessFoodbornePathogensNaturalToxins/BadBugBook/ucm070739.htm

» CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Acanthamoeba Infection
   Includes factsheets on the organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
   http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/acanthomoeba/default.htm

» CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Amebiasis
   Factsheets and articles on amebic dysentery caused by the organism Entamoeba histolytica.
   http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/amebiasis/default.htm

» CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Naegleria Infection
   Includes factsheets on the organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
   http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/naegleria/

» Free-living Protozoa and Human Disease
   Discusses Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba spp., and Balamuthia mandrillaris and their effects on health.
   http://www.tulane.edu/~wiser/protozoology/notes/free.html

» InteliHealth: Gastrointestinal Amebiasis
   Features cause, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
   http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/10014.html

» Justin Baty Amoebic Foundation
   Devoted to the prevention, treatment and eventual cure of Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis or PAM.
   http://justinbatyamebicfoundation.org/

» Kidshealth: Amebiasis
   Includes cause, symptoms, prevention, and treatment.
   http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/parasitic/amebiasis.html

» MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Amebiasis
   Features risk factors, cause, complications, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000298.htm

» Medmicro: Free-Living Amebas: Naegleria, Acanthamoeba and Balamuthia
   Medical and scientific information on the organisms and the diseases they cause.
   http://www.utmb.edu/gsbs/microbook/ch081.htm

» Medmicro: Intestinal Protozoa: Amebas
   Medical and scientific information on the organisms and the diseases they cause.
   http://www.utmb.edu/gsbs/microbook/ch079.htm

» NHS Choices: Dysentery
   Provides information on bacillary and amoebic dysentry. Includes details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, complications and prevention.
   http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dysentery/

» Patient UK: Amoebiasis
   Factsheet with details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
   http://www.patient.co.uk/health/Amoebiasis.htm

» eMedicine - Acanthamoeba
   Article by William B Harley, MD.
   http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/211214-overview

» eMedicine - Amebiasis
   Article by Maria A Horga, MD.
   http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/996092-overview

» eMedicine - Naegleria :
   Article by Asad Khan, MD.
   http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/972044-overview

» eMedicine - Naegleria Infection
   Article by Diane H Johnson, MD.
   http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/223910-overview