Nature World News: Naegleria fowleri is a brain eating amoeba that earns itself national attention at least once a year after infecting an unsuspecting swimmer during the summer season. Now researchers are saying that with rising global temperatures, the prevalence of these heat-loving microbes could go up.
The Naegleria fowleri-related death of a 9-year-old Kansas girl is serving as a harsh reminder about the dangers of infections of the brain called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).
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