"We have confirmed a rare brain infection in a Missourian caused by an ameba (also spelled amoeba) called Naegleria fowleri.

Naegleria fowleri is a one-celled organism that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control explains is “often called the ...

《每日邮报》8月12日报道，昆州西南部地区的饮用水中，检测出一种危险微生物。 当局警告居民，这种生物可能引发致命的脑部感染。 这种被称为“食脑变形虫”（Naegleria fowleri）的单细胞微生物，在昆士兰Charleville和Augathella两地供水的饮用水系统中被检出。 这种变形虫自然存在于水温介于25至40摄氏度之间、且水体不流动的淡水中。 虽然这种生物可能导致致命脑部感染，但当 ...

Two individuals, including a baby, are hospitalised with amoebic encephalitis in Kerala. Learn about symptoms, causes, and ...

A Missouri resident has been hospitalized with what health officials described as a deadly "brain-eating infection" after ...

Missouri health officials are investigating how the person was exposed, but they may have been in the water at Lake of the ...

A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MODHSS) said in a ...

A person in Missouri has been hospitalized after contracting a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing in the Lake ...

Naegleria fowleri, also known as the 'brain-eating amoeba,' has been detected in drinking water supplies in Augathella and ...

A Missouri resident has been hospitalized with what health officials described as a deadly "brain-eating infection" after ...

The deadly infection has been historically rare, but as climate change heats up waters and worsens flooding, research shows ...

The rare infection occurs when the ameba, naegleria fowleri, — which is found in fresh water — travels from the nose into the ...