The organism can grow in freshwater bodies such as lakes, rivers, and farm dams, backyard garden hoses, spas, and swimming ...

This causes swelling and death. Unlike other common pathogenic freshwater organisms (i.e. pathogenic bacteria), you cannot be infected with this amoeba by drinking contaminated water. In some very ...

Western Australians are being warned about a deadly organism that can lurk in untreated or poorly treated water during a ...