Doctors thought woman, 77, had cancer... then they discovered she had a brain-eating amoeba
An elderly woman in rural China died from the rare brain-eating amoeba Balamuthia mandrillaris, which doctors initially mistook for a brain tumor. The parasite has infected just 200 people worldwide.
Source: the Mail online | Health - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
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