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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 .
For years, scientists have known people who use neti pots can become infected with a brain-eating amoeba if they use the wrong kind of water. On Wednesday, researchers linked a second kind of ...
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 ...
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.
12-Year-Old Spent 22 Days in Coma with Brain-Eating Amoeba from Swimming. She Tells Story of Survival (Exclusive) Danielle Jennings, Kali Hardig. August 13, 2024 at 1:30 PM.
The term "brain-eating amoeba" has been used to refer to several microorganisms: Naegleria fowleri, which causes naegleriasis; Acanthamoeba spp., which causes the slow-acting infection acanthamoebiasis; Balamuthia mandrillaris, which causes balamuthiasis; Paravahlkampfia francinae, which causes a form of PAM; Sappinia pedata, which causes a ...
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