Brain-eating parasite Naegleria fowleri

Aug. 26, 2013 - PRLog -- brain-eating amoeba

 

Naegleria fowleri /nəˈɡlɪəriə/, popularly known as the “brain-eating amoeba“, is a free-living excavate form of protist typically found in warm bodies of fresh water, such as ponds, lakes, rivers, and hot springs. It is also found in soil, near warm-water discharges of industrial plants, and unchlorinated or poorly chlorinated swimming pools in an amoeboid or temporary flagellate stage. There is no evidence of this organism living in salt water. It is an amoeba belonging to the groups Percolozoa or Heterolobosea.

N. fowleri can invade and attack the human nervous system. Although this occurs rarely,^[1] such an infection nearly always results in the death of the victim.^[2] The case fatality rate is estimated at 98%.^[3]

 

 
Signs and symptoms
 

Onset symptoms of infection start about five days (range is from one to seven days) after exposure. The initial symptoms include, but are not limited to, changes in taste and smell, headache, fever, nausea, vomiting, and stiff neck. Secondary symptoms include confusion, hallucinations, lack of attention, ataxia, and seizures. After the start of symptoms, the disease progresses rapidly over three to seven days, with death occurring from seven to fourteen days after exposure.

 

Cause

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