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Pakistan: Brain-eating Amoeba & Vaccination Against Childhood Pneumonia

October 12, 2012January 25, 2023 Adham Abdel Mottalib

A rare and fatal brain-eating infection killed 10 people in Karachi, Pakistan this year. This waterborne species of amoeba causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a

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Brain-Eating Amoeba Returns to the South

July 20, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

The by now infamous brain-eating amoeba caused its first U.S. fatality of 2012 in an 8-year-old South Carolina boy. Blake Driggers from Sumter County was

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The Brain-Eating Amoeba is Back

December 19, 2011January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

While people suffering from sinus infections are reaching for their neti pots, hoping for unobstructed nasal passageways, the Louisiana Department of Health reminds residents to

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Brain-Eating Amoebas Surface in US Lakes

August 24, 2011January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Despite the heat of the summer, people in balmy Florida steer clear of lakes and other bodies of water for fear of being attacked by

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