脳細胞を食べるアメーバによる犠牲者

2007年10月1日 by wokamoto

Brain-Eating Amoeba Kills Arizona BoyPHOENIX — A 14-year-old Lake Havasu boy has become the sixth victim to die nationwide this year of a microscopic organism that attacks the body through the nasal cavity, quickly eating its way to the brain.

Aaron Evans died Sept. 17 of Naegleria fowleri, an organism doctors said he probably picked up a week before while swimming in the balmy shallows of Lake Havasu.

According to the Centers For Disease Control, Naegleria infected 23 people from 1995 to 2004. This year health officials said they’ve noticed a spike in cases, with six Naegleria-related cases so far — all of them fatal.

Such attacks are extremely rare, though some health officials have put their communities on high alert, telling people to stay away from warm, standing water.

Brain-Eating Amoeba Kills Arizona Boy - Local News Story - KPHO Phoenix

アリゾナ在住の少年が、Naegleria fowleri によって死亡したと言うお話。ハヴァス湖で泳いだ際に感染したと思われる。

感染すると、生存率3%の恐ろしいアメーバとの事。

コメント

  1. 2007年10月2日 2:06:22

    私の記憶力が弱いのはまさか!?!?(アリエナイ)

    Ash
  2. 2007年10月2日 10:32:34

    食べられちゃったんですか?
    ご愁傷様です。

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