The moniker “brain-eating amoeba” makes naegleria sound like tiny zombies wandering about looking for a way into your skull. But brains are accidental food for them, says Jonathan Yoder, MPH, who tracks the deadly amoeba for the CDC. “It is normally eating bacteria in its natural environment, but for some reason it does use the brain as a food source when it gets into humans,” Yoder tells WebMD. If you were to drink a glass of water infested with naegleria, you would not get a brain infection.
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How Do Amoebas Get in the Brain?
