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Bookmark or Share- Naegleria fowleri - WikipediaNaegleria fowleri, also known as the brain-eating amoeba, is a species of the genus Naegleria. It belongs to the phylum Percolozoa and is technically classified as an amoeboflagellate excavate, [1] rather than a true amoeba.
- Naegleriasis - WikipediaNaegleriasis, also known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis ( PAM ), is an almost invariably fatal infection of the brain by the free-living unicellular eukaryote Naegleria fowleri. Symptoms are meningitis-like and include headache, fever, nausea, vomiting, a stiff neck, confusion, hallucinations and seizures. [6] .
- Brain-Eating Amoeba (Naegleria Fowleri): Symptoms & TreatmentsOverview. What is brain-eating amoeba ( Naegleria fowleri )? Naegleria fowleri is an amoeba that lives throughout the world in warm and shallow bodies of fresh water, such as lakes, rivers and hot springs. It also lives in soil. It’s considered a free-living organism because it doesn’t need a host to live.
- Naegleria fowleri — Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) — Amebic ...Naegleria fowleri is an ameba (single-celled living organism) that lives in soil and warm fresh water, such as lakes, rivers, and hot springs. It is commonly called the “brain-eating ameba” because it can cause a brain infection when water containing the ameba goes up the nose.
- Naegleria - StatPearls - NCBI BookshelfUSA.gov. Naegleria fowleri, a member of the genus Percolozoa, [1], is also known as the "brain-eating amoeba." It is a eukaryotic, free-living, amoeba named after Malcolm Fowler who described the initial cases of primary amebic encephalitis (PAM) caused by N. fowleri in Australia. [2]
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