Graphical abstract of the study: It shows how a giant virus infection (orange hexagon) causes the amoeba to produce virus particles until the host cell bursts and thus dies. If the amoeba is infected ...

Learn more about Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba found in local swimming holes.

In Kerala, a sinister threat lurks in warm, stagnant waters Naegleria Fowleri, the Brain-Eating Amoeba. This microscopic ...

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 ...