<unk>  (also known as the brain eating amoeba) is a ubiquitous, free living amoeba typically grows contaminated, warm (25–35 °C / 77–95 °F), fresh water (e.g. lakes or hot springs). It belongs to a group called the Percolozoa or Heterolobosea.<unk>  is transmitted to the humans through the nose when individuals swim/dive in lakes. Drinking contaminated water, however, does not result in transmission.<unk>  causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare disease whereby<unk>  invades the human central nervous system through the cibriform plate and causes fulminant fatal meningoencephalitis in the majority of cases.
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Mansonella streptocerca
Mycobacterium szulgai
Cyclospora cayetanensis
Cystoisospora belli
Mycobacterium celatum
Chlamydophila psittaci
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