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A deadly amoeba, which feeds on the human brain, was discovered in the water supply network of a Texas city, The Independent reports.
Residents of nearby Brazil have been prohibited from drinking or using tap water due to the germ that causes a very rare variant of encephalitis that progresses very quickly and kills the infected person within a week.
Amoeba, known as naegleria fowleri, is present in the water network that reaches 58,000 people. Health experts say it affects people when contaminated water enters the body through the nose. The highest risk of infection occurs in July, August and September.
The amoeba that feeds on the human brain was discovered in 1962. Since then, 145 people have been infected in the United States. Only four survived, each case considered a medical miracle.
Symptoms of infection include headache, vomiting, and fever.
Local authorities tested the water in the area and lifted restrictions in several locations except Lake Jackson.
This is not the first time this has happened in the United States this year.
In July, an entire state in the US state of Florida was put on alert after a local became infected with this microbe.
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