6-year-old Josiah died on Sept. 8 after being infected with a brain-eating amoeba. His death prompted@LakeJacksonTXto test the water. CDC preliminary results came back yesterday. 3 of 11 samples were positive: a downtown splash pad, his home's hose bib and a hydrant.#khou11https://t...
A child has died after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba that was found at a Texas splash pad he had visited, and a review discovered lapses in water-quality testing at several parks, officials said Monday. Officials in Arlington, located between Dallas and Fort Worth, said the...
A 29-year-old mandied from what is commonly referred to as a "brain-eating amoeba"after visiting a surf resort in Central Texas. Fabrizio Stabile, a surfer from New Jersey, died on Sept. 21 after falling ill with Naegleria fowleri, a rare but deadly amoeba that can cause a brain infec...
Arlington, Texas, police said a boy died after being infected by a brain-eating amoeba found at a local splash pad,
Three more people had died from the brain-eating amoebas that killed their son a year ago. On Aug. 29, 2010, the Texas couple lost their 7-year-old boy, Kyle, who had been camping with them, his sister and two cousins. He contracted the amoeba while swimming in warm water. "We ...
Naegleria fowleri—commonly known as "the brain-eating amoeba"—can be found in warm fresh water. It's a single-celled, free swimming animal that reaches the brain through the nasal passageway by traveling up the olfactory ...
The investigation into Josiah's death led to the detection of the brain-eating amoeba after heath officials conducted water sample tests. The Brazosport Water Authority initially warned eight communities late Friday night not to use tap water for any reason except to flush toilets, but on...
A vaccine to protect against the brain-eating amoeba is under development, but still in the laboratory testing stage. Sources & Links
What Is a Brain-Eating Amoeba? There are several species of Naegleria but only the fowleri species causes PAM. It was first identified in Australia, but this amoeba is believed to have evolved here in the U.S. N. fowleri is microscopic: 8 micrometers to 15 micrometers in size, dependin...
Brain eating amoeba (Naegleria fowleri) infection facts Naegleria fowleri is also known as the brain-eating amoeba. Naegleria is easy to miss if doctors do not look for it. Like bacterial meningitis, diagnosis requires a spinal tap (lumbar puncture). Naegleria fowleri is an ameba (amoeba) th...