“Prior to this newly confirmed case of Naegleria fowleri infection, there have been five other cases reported in Georgia since 1962,” the release said.įrom 1962 to 2021, only four out of 154 people in the United States survived a brain-eating amoeba infection, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Įarlier this month, the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health said a 2-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba infection likely contracted at a natural hot spring.
It is not found in salt water, properly treated drinking water or swimming pools, according to the release. Naegleria fowleri is an amoeba that lives in soil and warm freshwater lakes, rivers, ponds and hot springs. CDC/ReutersĢ-year-old Nevada boy dies from brain-eating amoeba likely contracted at natural hot spring
A handout photomicrograph provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) depicts the characteristics associated with a case of primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a rare brain infection due to Naegleria fowleri parasites, a brain-eating amoeba.
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