When it’s not eating your brain. There’s a strange irony to the fact that a close relative of the brain-devouring amoeba species, Naegleria fowleri, could be the source of a greater understanding of ...

They exhibit a structure familiar in giant viruses ... (2024) DOI: 10.1038/S41467-024-47308-2 The single-celled organism Naegleria fowleri ranks among the deadliest human parasites.

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis aka PAM is a deadly brain-eating amoeba that spurts its head out of the infection with Naegleria fowleri. It thrives in warm freshwater lakes, rivers and ...

A Florida man has died from a brain-eating amoeba, state health officials have confirmed. The naegleria fowleri infection is thought to have been caused by the man rinsing his sinuses with tap ...

SEOUL (The Korea Herald/Asia News Network): South Korea reported its first case of infection from Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as “brain-eating amoeba”, health authorities said on ...