To: JacksonCalhoun; Tax-chick
Naegleria fowleri infections are rare*. In the 10 years from 2009 to 2018, 34 infections were reported in the U.S. Of those cases, 30 people were infected by recreational water, 3 people were infected after performing nasal irrigation using contaminated tap water, and 1 person was infected by contaminated tap water used on a backyard slip-n-slide. 34 infections in 9 years seems rare to me.
But there is no commonly accepted definition of rare.
But you could safely say that most doctors will never see a case.
7 posted on
07/25/2019 3:06:17 PM PDT by
Pontiac
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To: Pontiac
But you could safely say that most doctors will never see a case. Which means that it is probably underdiagnosed (if that is a word).
To: Pontiac
About 3.5 cases per year. That’s rare. There’s more bubonic plague in the U.S.!
9 posted on
07/25/2019 3:21:02 PM PDT by
Tax-chick
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