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Brain-eating amoeba: Warning issued in Florida after rare infection case:
A case of a rare brain-eating amoeba has been confirmed in Florida, according to health officials in the US state.
The Florida Department of Health (DOH) said one person in Hillsborough County had contracted Naegleria fowleri.
The microscopic, single-celled amoeba can cause an infection of the brain, and is usually fatal.
Commonly found in warm freshwater, the amoeba enters the body through the nose.
The DOH did not outline where the infection was contracted, or the patient's condition. The amoeba cannot be passed from person to person.
Infections are typically seen in southern US states. They are rare in Florida, where only 37 cases have been reported since 1962.
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Brain-Eating Amoeba: Warning Issued in Florida after Rare Infection Case
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(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Monday July 06 2020, @09:33PM (3 children)
According to Wikipedia 145 people have been infected with this thing, so it's obviously not that easy to catch.
On the downside, 141 of them died. I can't imagine it being a pleasant death either.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday July 06 2020, @09:54PM (2 children)
Wow, that is a very high death ratio. I would have assumed it to be way less than that. Thankfully, it is indeed a pretty rare infection.
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(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Monday July 06 2020, @10:18PM (1 child)
Yes. If you get it you're probably going to die.
The CDC don't offer much hope either. There is a drug which may or may not help, they're not really sure.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Monday July 06 2020, @11:56PM
If you get it and know you have it, you're probably going to die. During that same period that 141 people died, 141,000 or more people had one or more of these amoeba inside their bodies, it just didn't turn into a full blown infection. CDC may not have anything to fight off an infection out of control, but your body fights off millions of microbes that get into places they shouldn't be every day.
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