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    Infectious Disease Control Unit
    Mail Code: 1960
    PO BOX 149347 - Austin, TX 78714-9347
    1100 West 49th Street, Suite T801
    Austin, TX 78714

    Phone: 512 776 7676
    Fax: (512) 776-7616


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Amebic CNS Infections Reporting

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Report suspected or confirmed amebic meningitis or encephalitis central nervous system infections, including those caused by Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba species, Balamuthia mandrillaris, and Sappinia species, within one week to (800) 705-8868 or (800) 252-8239.

Several Texas laws (Tex. Health & Safety Code, Chapters 81, 84 and 87) require specific information regarding notifiable conditions be provided to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). Health care providers, hospitals, laboratories, schools, and others are required to report patients who are suspected of having a notifiable condition (25 Tex. Admin. Code §97.2).

Last updated February 27, 2017