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From the article:
There have only been 37 reported cases with exposure in Florida since 1962
A person in Florida has been infected with a rare and usually deadly brain-eating amoeba, according to health officials.
The Florida Department of Health announced Friday that one patient in Hillsborough County has been infected with Naegleria fowleri, a water-borne,microscopic single-celled amoeba that attacks the brain.
"Infections can happen when contaminated water enters the body through the nose," the health department said.
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Rare brain-eating amoeba infection confirmed in Florida, health officials say
There have only been 37 reported cases with exposure in Florida since 1962
A person in Florida has been infected with a rare and usually deadly brain-eating amoeba, according to health officials.
The Florida Department of Health announced Friday that one patient in Hillsborough County has been infected with Naegleria fowleri, a water-borne,microscopic single-celled amoeba that attacks the brain.
"Infections can happen when contaminated water enters the body through the nose," the health department said.
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Rare brain-eating amoeba infection confirmed in Florida, health officials say
This is going to get worse with global warming! Parasite ranges are extending and they’re infecting new species.
