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Old 10-18-2007, 09:52 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Arizona Teen Becomes Sixth Victim This Year of Brain-Eating Amoeba
What was bothering Aaron was an amoeba, a microscopic organism called Naegleria fowleri that attacks the body through the nasal cavity, quickly eating its way to the brain. The doctors said he probably picked it up a week before while swimming in the balmy shallows of Lake Havasu.

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