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brain-eating amoeba

  1. EnolaGaia

    Another 'Brain Eating' Amoeba: Acanthamoeba

    The genus Acanthamoeba is capable of infesting brain and neural tissue in people who are immuno-compromised. The resultant infection causes granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), which is typically fatal. In this latest reported US case the amoeba essentially 'liquified' brain tissue...
  2. EnolaGaia

    Another 'Brain Eating' Amoeba: Balamuthia Mandrillaris

    Oh, great ... It turns out there are multiple 'brain eating amoebas' ... Here's the extant thread on Naegleria-fowleri: https://forums.forteana.org/index.php?threads/naegleria-fowleri-the-brain-eating-amoeba.46054/ SOURCE...
  3. MrRING

    Naegleria Fowleri: The Brain-Eating Amoeba

    http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/brain-eating-amoeba-claims-second-victim-month-161107259.html
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