News Forum - South Korean man dies from ‘brain-eating amoeba’ upon return from Thailand

[Thaiger]

Health officials in South Korea confirmed that a Korean national died from a disease known as “brain-eating amoeba.” He had not long returned from Thailand. In the first case of its kind in South Korea, a man “in his 50s” died from a Naegleria fowleri infection, commonly known as brain-eating amoeba, according to a report released by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) yesterday. Naegleria fowleri is a single-celled organism – an amoeba – that lives in soil and freshwater, such as lakes, rivers, and waterfalls all across the globe. The amoeba enters the body through the nose, […]

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[Ramanathan.P]

Amoeba only live mostly in stagnant fresh water ponds. It is rarely seen in running water like river or waterfalls as it is not a great swimmer