According to the CDC, Naegleria fowleri is the only species of the Naegleria amoeba that infects humans and destroys brain tissue, eventually causing swelling and oftentimes leading to death.

The "brain-eating amoeba" causes a fatal infection of the brain and its protective layers. Here is everything you need to ...

This makes it important to address the most obvious question: How does this pathogen reach the human body? Amoebic meningoencephalitis is a rare but often fatal infection caused by the amoeba ...

Getty Images The amoeba - Naegleria fowleri - is known to enter the human body through nasal passages Dr Rauf credits Mr Siddiqui with informing doctors about Afnan's swim in the local pond and ...

"In most cases, if the infection with the amoeba was diagnosed late ... However, all of them are isolated cases because the disease is not human-to-human transmissible. So, we are dealing with ...

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A case of a rare brain-eating amoeba has been confirmed in Florida, according to health officials in the US state. The Florida Department of Health (DOH) said one person in Hillsborough County had ...

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