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- Naegleria is a free living amoeba, typically found in warm fresh water, such as ponds, lakes, rivers and hot springs. It is also found in soil.
- Only one species, N. fowleri, is known to cause infection, although two other species, N. australiensis and N. italica, can cause infection in mice
- N. fowleri (also known as “the brain eating amoeba”) is first described by physicians M. Fowler in Australia in 1965.
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