reported the cases of 10 people over the last decade who contracted an infection with the amoeba Acanthamoeba after nasal ...

A 14-year-old boy in India died Thursday from an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba he contracted while swimming in ...

The microscopic, single-celled amoeba can cause an infection of the brain, and is usually fatal. Commonly found in warm freshwater, the amoeba enters the body through the nose. The DOH did not ...

A two-year-old died from a brain-eating amoeba infection after visiting a hot spring in Nevada with his family, authorities announced on Thursday. Woodrow Turner Bundy's mother said that he died ...

A dangerous creature lurks in warm Texas lakes, rivers, springs, poorly maintained pools, and splash pads. It's also in the ...

The Infectious Disease Research Group (IDRG ... The group is currently investigating different emerging human parasites such as microsporidia (fungi) and protozoa (e.g. free-living amoebas, ...

The amoeba is known to enter the human body through ... cases of infants locally and in places like Nigeria contracting the infection from bathwater. Since 1965, some 400 cases of PAM have been ...