Naegleria Fowleri

Naegleria fowleri is a genus of protozo, which has a life cycle phase and other amoeboid falgelada. Some species Naegleria fowleri is very parasitic and pathogenic, causing primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, which is very serious. Since this is protozo in stagnant pond, lagoon waste and acquired infection swimming in waters contaminated with amoebae. Naegleria fowleri reproduce by binary fission, faster in warmer temperatures. Having your body core and surrounded by a membrane and move through pseudopodia tranparente. At low temperatures have a tendency to encyst.

Naegleria fowleri enters the central nervous system through the mucous membranes of the nose olfactorias, attacking first the olfactory bulb, and then, to corrode the frontal cortex. Fortunately, these infections are very rare and occur in tropical countries of Asia and northern Australia, where it was discovered in 1965.