Experts were surprised to find that Lake Minnewaska had the parasite, because it doesn’t have the usual characteristics of a lake with the amoeba, reports Minnesota Public Radio News. "It is not what ...

23-year-old Brooklyn McCasland was visiting Alabama with her friends in August when she contracted the parasite acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) - an amoeba that can damage the cornea and cause vision ...

The woman was visiting Alabama with her friends in August when she contracted the parasite acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) – an amoeba that can damage the cornea and cause vision loss.

According to reports, she unknowingly developed a rare parasite infection, Acanthamoeba Keratitis (AK), during her trip to Alabama in August. On a GoFundMe campaign set up to support her medical ...

Infectious spinal meningitis happens if a pathogen—amoeba, bacterium, fungus, parasite, or virus—enters your body and goes to your brain. Your immune system detects the pathogen in your brain.

AK is a severe and progressive parasitic corneal infection caused by acanthamoeba, a free-living amoeba, which can cause unbearable pain and extreme light sensitivity and needs urgent medical ...

Brooklyn McCasland, 23, was vacationing in Alabama with friends in August when she encountered the parasite Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), a rare amoeba that can infect the cornea, potentially ...

“They had loads of parasitic amoeba.” Whether it be parasites, pesticides or the warming of the waters, the cause may be disputed but one thing is clear. Some 25 years later, there is no sign ...

The woman contracted a parasitic infection, acanthamoeba keratitis (AK). Rare and often misdiagnosed, it's caused by an amoeba and can result in vision loss. We asked an ophthalmologist about this and ...

Parasitic meningitis is much less common than viral or bacterial meningitis. It more commonly affects animals than people. In humans, it usually is caused by eating contaminated food or an infected ...

Scientists found Toxoplasma gondii may help deliver therapeutic proteins to the brain, a breakthrough for neurological treatments This modified parasite targets brain cells, which may help treat ...