Central Florida is a hot spot for the ancient disease, puzzling researchers. They’re digging into the phenomenon.

Leprosy remains rare in the United States. But Florida, which often reports the most cases of any state, has seen an uptick ...

Single-cell amoebas, which live in soil, can harbor leprosy, lab research shows. Armadillos may pass the bacteria to them.

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A five-year-old girl from Malappuram, Kerala, succumbed to amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare brain infection caused by ...

They’re like a time machine but only in my head. Anyway, my memories are becoming a problem because I have brain-eating amoebas in my head. I have an idea what they look like: they’re small ...

In a new review paper, Carlo Maley and Arizona State University colleagues describe cell-in-cell phenomena in which one cell ...

remain rare. (Photo: Getty) The trouble is, these infections are difficult to catch early. Amoebas are super small, and they don’t talk. They don’t announce themselves when entering your brain.

So PAM is essentially widespread inflammation of both the brain and the surrounding membranes caused by amoebas treating the insides of your head like a buffet. And having your brain eaten is very ...

Turning to her sister to help process the situation, they find themselves the target of strange alien-like amoebas looking to abduct human women in order to procreate with them and must team up ...

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In addition to worms, common brain parasites include single-celled organisms such as Toxoplasma gondii and some amoebas. The damage varies depending on the type of parasite and where it ends up in ...