You can thank climate change for this too. Source: https://www.livescience.com/brain-eating-amoeba-expanded-range-northern-united-states.html
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‘Brain-eating’ amoeba in Texas city’s water supply kills 6-year-old
The state’s governor has issued a disaster declaration for the county where the deadly amoeba was found. Source: https://www.livescience.com/brain-eating-amoeba-texas-city-water-supply.html
13-year-old dies of rare ‘brain-eating’ amoeba after swimming in Florida lake
Infections with this organism are almost universally fatal, with less than a 3% survival rate. Source: https://www.livescience.com/teen-dies-florida-brain-eating-amoeba.html
The grand plan to sequence the genomes of 66,000 UK and Irish species
The Darwin Tree of Life project aims to sequence the genomes of 60,000 species of animals, plants, fungi and complex cells such as amoeba found in the British Isles Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2222762-the-grand-plan-to-sequence-the-genomes-of-66000-uk-and-irish-species/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Boy Dies from ‘Brain-Eating’ Amoeba Infection Picked Up in Hot Spring
The rare infection fatally destroys brain tissue, causing pathological swelling. Source: https://www.livescience.com/boy-dies-brain-eating-infection-hot-spring.html
Why the ‘Brain-Eating’ Amoeba Is So Deadly
The digestive power of this amoeba is the stuff of nightmares when it plays out in a human brain. Source: https://www.livescience.com/66083-why-brain-eating-amoeba-is-deadly.html
‘Brain-eating’ amoeba is an elusive killer
A man in North Carolina has become the latest victim of a rare, yet highly deadly type of waterborne microbe. 59-year-old Eddie Gray had been swimming… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/329375/brain-eating-amoeba-is-an-elusive-killer…