Sunday, July 20, 2014

Here's What Happens When An Amoeba 'Eats' The Brain

Something of here I thought might prove interesting:

Last week, nine-year-old Hally Yust died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba infection while swimming near her family’s home in Kansas. The organism responsible, Naegleria fowleri, dwells in warm freshwater lakes and rivers and usually targets children and young adults. Once in the brain it causes a swelling called primary meningoencephalitis. The infection is almost universally fatal: it kills more than 97 percent of its victims within days. Although deadly, infections are ex...Here's What Happens When An Amoeba 'Eats' The Brain

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