Individuals become infected when water containing the amoeba enters the body through the nose from freshwater sources.

Earlier this month, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported that the patient was being treated.

The patient contracted Naegleria fowleri while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, health officials said. Here's what we know.

The infection comes as Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old boy from South Carolina, died on July 18 after being exposed to Naegleria ...

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

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A Missourian who contracted an amoeba that kills brain cells at the Lake of the Ozarks has died, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Wednesday.

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

感染后的症状通常在三至七天内出现，包括高烧、严重头痛、颈部僵硬、意识混乱、嗜睡、喉咙痛、恶心呕吐、产生幻觉、味觉与嗅觉异常，以及癫痫发作等。

A nine-year-old girl in southern India died from a rare and often fatal infection caused by the “brain-eating amoeba”, local ...

One of the most dangerous microorganisms on Earth, Naegleria fowleri has a well-earned nickname as the "brain-eating amoeba," ...

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