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Brain-eating Amoeba Spreading Faster In US States; Here s Everything You Need To Know
PAM infection caused by brain-eating Amoeba have drastically increased in US with known exposure to infected recreational water such as outdoor aquatic venue.
Cases of ‘Naegleria Fowleri’ infection, a rare fatal brain-eating amoeba found in warm freshwater have been expanding northward in the US to the midwestern states, according to a report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Of the total 120 cases registered by CDC to date, at least 74 occurred in the Southern states, 5 in the West, and 6 in the midwest, including Kansas, Minnesota, and Indiana. The brain-eating amoeba causes a fatal disease known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) after the contaminated freshwater enters the nasal passages causing acute brain infection which results in death within 3 to 7 days from onset of symptoms.