A deadly brain-eating amoeba may be lurking in Michigan's freshwaters. If swimmers or divers get the infected water up their nose, they may die within days.
South Korean authorities on Monday reported the nation's first death from a "brain-eating amoeba". The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) as per Yonhap news agency confirmed that a 50-year-old Korean man who had recently returned from Thailand died from the disease.
Here's all you need to know about the "brain-eating amoeba":
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Climate change could tremendously alter the pathogens that thrive in water. Scientists believe that owing to warming waters, life-threatening waterborne pathogens could become more common
For long, scientists have warned against climate change working as a trigger for varying long-term changes on planet Earth.
Warming oceans have a deep impact on the life underwater, forcing them to migrate to cooler waters. In addition, the current pace of deep warming could flood and submerge multiple human cities before the next century begins.
But that’s not all. Climate change could tremendously alter the pathogens that thrive in water. Scientists believe that owing to warming waters, life-threatening waterborne pathogens could become more common.