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A Missouri resident has contracted a rare and often fatal brain infection caused by the Naegleria fowleri amoeba, commonly known as the "brain-eating amoeba." Infection occurs when water containing ...

Naegleria fowleri seen under a microscope. A 2-year-old boy who visited a hot spring died of a brain-eating amoeba, Nevada health officials and the boy’s mother say. Photo from Centers for Disease ...