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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. 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 ...

  4. Naegleriasis - Wikipedia

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    There, it migrates to the olfactory bulbs and subsequently other regions of the brain, where it feeds on the nerve tissue. The organism then begins to consume cells of the brain, piecemeal through trogocytosis, [14] by means of an amoebostome, a unique actin-rich sucking apparatus extended from its cell surface. [15]

  5. 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 ...

  6. Visitors to Nevada warned to beware of brain-eating amoeba in ...

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  7. Brain-eating amoeba that thrives in warm conditions ... - AOL

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    Public officials are in the process of eliminating Naegleria Fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba, from two drinking water supplies in Louisiana. Naegleria Fowleri was detected during routine tests last ...

  8. Georgia resident dies from rare ‘brain-eating amoeba’, likely ...

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    The amoeba is known as the “brain-eating amoeba” because it can cause a brain infection when water containing the amoeba goes up the nose, the health department said.

  9. Spirit Lake (Washington) - Wikipedia

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    The water level of Spirit Lake is maintained at about 3,406 ft (1,040 m) by draining water through Spirit Lake Outlet Tunnel, a gravity-feed tunnel completed in 1985. The 8,465-foot-long (2,580 m) tunnel was cut through Harrys Ridge to South Coldwater Creek, which flows to Coldwater Lake and into the North Fork of the Toutle River.