Ameba Brain Eaters: 242 People Remain Under Surveillance in Yucatan
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After the death of a wakeboard instructor in Plaza La Isla, the Yucatan health authorities set the alarms on. We explain how Naegleria fowleri works, how it is spread and the measures to prevent it.
Mérida. According to the Ministry of Health of Yucatán (SSY), a total of 361 people who were in contact with the lake of a commercial square of the Yucatán capital, where it was confirmed the presence of the “ameba comebras” (Naegleria fowleri), are under epidemiological surveillance. The secretary of the SSY, Miguel Alberto Alcocer Gamboa, ...
Yucatán, records the first case of amoeba comebras in the country. /Epidemiological surveillance will end on October 4 according to health sources. Mérida, Yucatán, September 16, 2026 (InformaTe Yucatán).- A total of 242 people who had contact with the artificial lake of Plaza La Isla remain under sanitary surveillance, ...
During the past week, the Ministry of Health of Yucatán confirmed the death of a 34-year-old man who remained hospitalized with a probable diagnosis of primary amoebian meningoencephalitis, a condition known as "ameba comebras." While the studies continue, 240 people remain under epidemiological surveillance after having had contact with Lake Plaza La Isla in Mérida. According to the unit, the patient entered the IMSS Regional General Hospital N…
Infection with the amoeba causes serious symptoms, and in Mérida alerts were set on the death of a person.
The Yucatan Government confirmed the presence of Naegleria fowleri in an artificial lake.
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