Beth Smiles
Amoeba Awareness
NEWS & UPDATES
Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 24, No. 1, January 2018
AMOEBA SUMMIT
2017
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
OUTBREAK NEWS TODAY
Naegleria fowleri infection reported in Florida swimmer
Aug. 11, 2016
Oklahoma health officials advise public on the risk of Naegleria fowleri, other water-related illness
Posted by Press Release on July 11, 2016
Risk of brain-eating amoeba, flesh-eating bacteria may increase due to climate change: Experts
Infections are rare, but pathogens and bacteria thrive in warmer waters.
May 29, 2021, 9:11 AM
Letters to the Editor
Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis as Cause of Headache and Fever
Father warns of lake-dwelling disease that killed his daughter
KXII Channel 12 News July 2016
Disaster declaration issued for Texas county after brain-eating amoeba found in water supply
Naegleria is a parasite that usually infects swimmers in lakes and rivers.
ABC News
September 27, 2020, 10:12 PM
Texas Girl Dies From Brain-Eating Amoeba
By Debbie Koenig
Medically Reviewed by Michael W. Smith, MD on September 17, 2019
Brain-eating amoeba— a scientific enigma
Smith Family Foundation grant supports biologist’s research on Naegleria fowleri – a brain-eating amoeba
February 19, 2020