Woman dies of brain-eating amoeba: CDCBy Lin Hui-chin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerA woman in northern Taiwan has died from a rare brain-eating amoeba, marking the nation’s first death from Naegleria fowleri in 12 years, health authorities said on Wednesday. Experts urged against public alarm, saying the amoeba is susceptible to chlorine and does not spread easily. Traces of Naegleria fowleri were found in the woman who died of meningitis, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Tseng Shu-huai (曾淑慧) told a news briefing in Taipei. An indoor water park in New Taipei City that the woman had visited is being tested for Naegleria fowleri, she said. Hwang Kao-pin (黃高彬), deputy head of the infectious disease department at China Medical University in Taichung, yesterday told a news conference that the threat from Naegleria fowleri is limited.

Source: Taipei Times August 10, 2023 21:37 UTC