His doctor said that the amoeba - called Naegleria fowleri - likely entered his body from the water that had been contaminated by it. Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), the disease caused ...

Dennis Conrad, a pediatrics infectious disease specialist, had ever seen throughout the entirety of his career. The other two ...

The COVID-19 pandemic led to heightened public interest in learning about viruses and how they can cause diseases. There has ...

The amoeba cannot be passed from person to person ... those symptoms to "seek medical attention right away, as the disease progresses rapidly". "Remember, this disease is rare and effective ...

This amoeba, a single-celled organism, acquires energy by engulfing nutrients in the form of a yeast cell (red). Through a process called phagocytosis, the amoeba encloses the yeast cell with its ...