brain-eating amoeba

Symptoms can be anything from fever and nausea, to stiff neck and hallucinations. They can appear anywhere from 1 to 12 days after exposure.

A child that was hospitalized in Tarrant County Texas with primary amebic meningoencephalitis, also known as "brain eating amoeba" has died.

The amoeba enters the body through the nose and travels to the brain.

Samples taken from the Bossier City water system have tested positive for DNA traces of Naefleria Fowleri, often referred to as a brain eating amoeba.

An independent study conducted on the water in a part of Terrebonne Parish has reportedly tested positive for the brain eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri.

Water testing found the brain-eating amoeba in a small Terrebonne Parish community's water system.