A rare, brain-eating amoeba is spreading across the US

A rare, brain-eating amoeba is spreading across the US

Source: interestingengineering

11/25/2022

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A rare, brain-eating amoeba is spreading across the U.S. While most infections previously occurred in the South, more recent infections have been identified further North. Climate change and warmer temperatures are increasing the amoeba's ability to survive in areas where it previously couldn't.

What is the brain-eating amoeba?

Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as a brain-eating amoeba, is a single-celled organism that usually thrives in warm freshwater, but it's also been found in public splash pads. People become infected when the microscopic organism gets into their nose and enters the brain via the olfactory nerve, which relays information about smells from the nose to the brain.

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