The Naegleria fowleri which is also known as the brain-eating amoeba, mostly found in warm fresh water, that is around temperatures of 25 to 35 degrees Celsius in either an amoeboid or temporary flagellate stage.(look at the picture above)
The Naegleria fowleri is able to invade the nervous system.Although this occurs rarely, if it attacks the nervous system, resulting the death of the victim.
The Naegaleria fowleri can enter from the nose, and then starts to invade the central nervous system. When the Naegaleria fowleri enters the nose, the amoebae will climb along nerve fibers via the floor of the cranium through the plates of the cribriform and finally into the brain. It then becomes pathogenic, causing primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM or PAME). PAM affects our central nervous system and olfactory perception (taste and smell), followed by vomiting, nausea, fever, headache, and may even result in unconsciousness and death within two weeks.
PAM usually occurs in healthy children or young adults with no prior history of immune compromise who have recently been exposed to bodies of fresh water.
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Excavata
Phylum: Percolozoa
Class: Heterolobosea
Order: Schizopyrenida
Family: Vahlkampfiidae
Genus: Naegleria
Species: N. fowleri
Binomial name
Naegleria fowleri
The Naegleria fowleri is able to invade the nervous system.Although this occurs rarely, if it attacks the nervous system, resulting the death of the victim.
The Naegaleria fowleri can enter from the nose, and then starts to invade the central nervous system. When the Naegaleria fowleri enters the nose, the amoebae will climb along nerve fibers via the floor of the cranium through the plates of the cribriform and finally into the brain. It then becomes pathogenic, causing primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM or PAME). PAM affects our central nervous system and olfactory perception (taste and smell), followed by vomiting, nausea, fever, headache, and may even result in unconsciousness and death within two weeks.
PAM usually occurs in healthy children or young adults with no prior history of immune compromise who have recently been exposed to bodies of fresh water.
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Excavata
Phylum: Percolozoa
Class: Heterolobosea
Order: Schizopyrenida
Family: Vahlkampfiidae
Genus: Naegleria
Species: N. fowleri
Binomial name
Naegleria fowleri
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