Table 1.

Characteristics of the Naegleria spp. isolates included in the present

Number	Isolate no.	State/or country/year	Sex/age/source	Species/genotype	References
1	CDC:V414	FL, 1998	M/16/CSF	N. fowleri, I	Zhou et al. (2003)
2	CDC:V511	GA, 2002	M/11/CSF	N. fowleri, I	Zhou et al. (2003)
3	CDC:V518	AZ, 2002	Water filter 2	N. fowleri, I	Zhou et al. (2003)
4	CDC:V413	TX, 1998	M/17/CSF	N. fowleri, I	Zhou et al. (2003)
5	CDC:V212	AL, 1990	M/?/CSF	N. fowleri, I	Zhou et al. (2003), Herman et al. (2013)
6	CDC:V020	TX, 1984	M/12/CSF	N. fowleri, I	Zhou et al. (2003)
7	CAMP	CA, 1978	F/8/CSF	N. fowleri, II	Zhou et al. (2003)
8	CDC:V236	CA, 1991	M/29/CSF	N. fowleri, II	Zhou et al. (2003)
9	CDC:V444	CA, 1999	F/Cow/Brain	N. fowleri, I	Visvesvara et al. (2005)
10	CDC:V513	GA, 2002	Water	N. fowleri, III	Zhou et al. (2003)
11	CDC:V019	TX, 1984	M/25/CSF	N. fowleri, III	Zhou et al. (2003)
12	CDC:V516	AZ, 2002	Water filter 4	N. fowleri, I	Zhou et al. (2003)
13	CDC:V068	AZ, 1987	Water	N. fowleri, I	Zhou et al. (2003)
14	CDC:V067	AZ, 1987	M/30/CSF	N. fowleri, III
15	CDC:V455	NV, 2000	M/??/CSF	N. fowleri, III	Zhou et al. (2003)
16	CDC:V457	TX, 2000	M/12/CSF	N. fowleri	Visvesvara, G.S. (unpubl. data)
17	CDC:V551	Colombia, 2004	M/??/CSF	N. fowleri	Visvesvara, G.S. (unpubl. data)
18	76-15-250	Belgium, 1976	Water	N. lovaniensis	Stevens et al. (1980) AUTHOR: Stevens et al. (1980) has not been included in the Reference List, please supply full publication details.
19	ATCC30958	Australia	Water	N. australiensis	De Jonckheere, (1981)
20	AB-T-F3	Italy, 1982	Thermal mud	N. italica	Scaglia et al. (1983)
21	CDC:419	CA, 1999	Water	N. dunnebackei	Visvesvara et al. (2005)
22	EGs	CA, 1964	Soil	N. gruberi	Schuster (1964)
23	400	Belgium, 1973	Water	N. jadini	Willaert et al. (1980)
24	HB3	Czechoslovakia, 1969	M/??/CSF	N. fowleri	Cerva et al. (1969)