Doctor of Biological Sciences Alexander Semenov said that there are no cases of infection with an amoeba from the Negleria Fowler species that penetrates the human brain in Russia. reported that DEA News.
“No such cases of infection with amoeba were recorded on Russian soil,” he said.
previously in the USA reported It’s about the death of a child, possibly after being infected by the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri, which he carried after swimming in a warm freshwater lake.
About a week after visiting Lake Mead in early October, the boy developed a fever. Other early signs of infection include severe forehead headaches, nausea, and vomiting, while later symptoms include neck stiffness, seizures, altered mental status, hallucinations, and coma.
The brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri lives in soil and warm fresh water, including lakes. Ingestion can cause a rare disease affecting the brain and spinal cord, primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, which is almost always fatal.