NEWS & UPDATES

Estimation of Undiagnosed Naegleria fowleri Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 24, No. 1, January 2018

Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis: What Have We Learned in the Last Five Years? Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2016 September

AMOEBA SUMMIT 

2017

Weston Teen Who Survived Rare Amoeba Infection is Ready for School

Sept. 2016

Texas Teen Dies of Brain Eating Amoeba Aug 2015

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Florida teen shares amoeba survival story

Survivor Sebastian DeLeon to speak at summit

USF researcher studying brain-eating parasite featured speaker at Amoeba Summit 2016

Sept. 2016

Fourth brain-eating amoeba case of the year being treated

Aug. 18, 2016

South Florida teen survives deadly 'brain-eating' amoeba

Aug. 2016

SC Resident Hospitalized After Being Exposed to Brain-Eating Amoeba

AGL Closes Lake Lidell to the Public due to Naegleria fowleri

Aug. 14, 2016

South Carolina girl dies from brain-eating amoeba

Brain-Eating Amoeba Found in Unusually High Levels at N.C. Water Park After Teen’s Death

Brain-eating amoeba found in popular Grand Teton soak spot

JULY 2016

Could heat put lakes at risk for amoeba?

Houston Teen Dies from "Brain Eating Amoeba"

The global fight against deadly brain-eating amoeba is gaining ground

American Family Physician

Oklahoma health officials advise public on the risk of Naegleria fowleri, other water-related illness

Posted by Press Release on July 11, 2016

Father warns of lake-dwelling disease that killed his daughter

KXII Channel 12 News  July 2016

Brain-Eating Amoeba Reported in Rio Grande River Near Laredo