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What to know about rare brain-eating amoeba after Texas woman dies

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71-year-old Texas woman dies from rare brain infection known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis.

Amoeba, Naegleria fowleri , can infect the brain, causing a disease known as PAM .

PAM is almost always fatal, occurring in 97% of cases and, on average, five days after symptoms begin.