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  2. Naegleria fowleri - Wikipedia

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    Naegleria fowleri, also known as the brain-eating amoeba, is a species of the genus Naegleria. It belongs to the phylum Percolozoa and is classified as an amoeboflagellate excavate , [ 1 ] an organism capable of behaving as both an amoeba and a flagellate .

  3. Naegleriasis - Wikipedia

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    Naegleria fowleri is also known as the "brain-eating amoeba". The term has also been applied to Balamuthia mandrillaris, causing some confusion between the two; Balamuthia mandrillaris is unrelated to Naegleria fowleri, and causes a different disease called granulomatous amoebic encephalitis.

  4. 10-year-old girl dies from 'brain-eating' amoeba after ...

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    A 10-year-old girl died Monday after contracting a rare, brain-eating amoeba during a weekend swimming trip, according to KWTX-TV. ... a brain-eating amoeba with a 97 percent fatality rate.

  5. 12-Year-Old Spent 22 Days in Coma with Brain-Eating Amoeba ...

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    12-Year-Old Spent 22 Days in Coma with Brain-Eating Amoeba from Swimming. ... irritation would turn into a near-fatal ordeal due to a rare brain-eating amoeba. ... me a 1% survival rate and said ...

  6. Map shows where brain-eating amoebas are infecting people in ...

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    Brain-eating amoebas may be moving north as waters warm Recent data has not shown an increase in case reports over the past few years. In 2019, 2020, and 2021, three cases were reported to the CDC ...

  7. ‘Extraordinary’ teen killed by brain-eating amoeba in Georgia

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    Her cause of death was brain infection, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. Megan Ebenroth, 17, died after contracting a deadly brain-eating amoeba while swimming (Supplied)

  8. Risk of brain-eating amoeba, flesh-eating bacteria may ... - AOL

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    Scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about the possibility for dangerous pathogens, such as Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba, and Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, said ...

  9. Amoebic encephalitis - Wikipedia

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    Amoebic encephalitis or amoebic meningoencephalitis may refer to several potentially fatal diseases that are infections of the central nervous system by free-living amoebae, often referred to in the media as a "brain-eating amoeba" infection: Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis; Naegleriasis, also known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis