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Its name alone is terrifying. But infections in humans are both rare and devastating. Here are five things to know about the microscopic brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri.
"It's just getting closer and closer to home," Jessica said. "We've known this to be in states mostly in the South. You know, it's crept a little bit up towards the Midwest."
A lake beach in southwest Iowa has been temporarily shuttered after a visitor from a neighboring state was infected by a rare but dangerous brain-eating amoeba. A Friday release.
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