Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Link to 2019 thread: https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/...gleria-fowleri
Brain-eating amoeba: Warning issued in Florida after rare infection case
6 July 2020
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.
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Between 2009 and 2018, only 34 infections were reported in the country. 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.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53302773
Brain-eating amoeba: Warning issued in Florida after rare infection case
6 July 2020
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.
...
Between 2009 and 2018, only 34 infections were reported in the country. 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.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53302773