Naegleria fowleri lives in warm, fresh water and can enter the brain through the nose, where it causes inflammation and ...

A 49-year-old man from Annassery is also hospitalised without significant improvement. Amoebic brain fever is caused by the ...

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. The Department of Mental Health ...

The microscopic amoeba is commonly found in warm freshwater such as lakes, river and ponds. Test results by an independent ...

: On Wednesday, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed that the patient being treated for PAM died ...

A Missouri resident died Tuesday after contracting a rare and deadly microscopic amoeba while skiing at the Lake of the ...

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

The man infected with a "brain-eating" amoeba died Tuesday in a St. Louis-area hospital. The Missouri health department said ...

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

Missouri health officials confirm the death of an adult who was exposed to Naegleria fowleri last week. Naegleria fowleri is a microscopic single-celled free-living ameba that can cause rare deadly ...

A 12-year-old died on July 18, 2025, from a rare brain-eating amoeba after swimming in Lake Murray in South Carolina, near a ...

A fatal case of amoebic encephalitis was identified in North Kerala, affecting a nine-year-old girl. Health officials ...