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Brain-eating amoeba: Warning issued in Florida after rare infection case - BBC News
Jul 06, 2020 36 secs

A case of a rare brain-eating amoeba has been confirmed in Florida, according to health officials in the US state.

The Florida Department of Health (DOH) said one person in Hillsborough County had contracted Naegleria fowleri.

They are rare in Florida, where only 37 cases have been reported since 1962.

Those infected with Naegleria fowleri have symptoms including fever, nausea and vomiting, as well as a stiff neck and headaches

Naegleria fowleri infections are rare in the US, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Of those cases, 30 people were infected by recreational water, three after performing nasal irrigation with contaminated tap water, and one person was infected by contaminated tap water used on a backyard slip-n-slide, the CDC said

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