Doctors shrug and do not know how to explain what happened, because this bacterium can be infected only in summer, and not in winter: the microorganism lives in natural and artificial reservoirs with water temperatures up to +30 degrees Celsius. Also, as in this case, you can become infected with a pathogen simply by breathing through the nose or ingesting fluid into the sinuses. In the United States, the first infection occurred in the winter.
At the same time, Negleria infection is extremely rare. There are only three cases of Negleria Fowler infection per year in the United States. In the 60 years since 1962, only 157 cases have been recorded, 37 of which were in the state of Florida.
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Source: Ferra
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