Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) caused by Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba, rapidly destroys brain tissue.

A Missourian has contracted a rare, often deadly brain infection from an amoeba, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, is often called a ...

A Missourian who contracted an amoeba that kills brain cells at the Lake of the Ozarks has died, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Wednesday. The Department of Mental Health ...

Naegleria fowleri, which resides in warm freshwater, enters through the nose. Recovery from infection is rare.

A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MODHSS) said in a ...

A Missouri resident is in intensive care after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba, likely while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, state health officials confirmed Wednesday. The case of ...

A rare but deadly outbreak of amoebic encephalitis has claimed several lives in Kerala this month. Recently, a 56-year-old ...

Brain-eating amoeba kills Missouri water-skier as health officials urge precautions when swimming in warm, fresh bodies of ...