The Florida Department of Health (DOH) said one person in Hillsborough County had contracted Naegleria fowleri. The microscopic, single-celled amoeba can cause an infection of the brain ...
His doctor said that the amoeba - called Naegleria fowleri - likely entered his body from the water that had been contaminated by it. Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), the disease caused ...