Brain-eating amoebas blamed in three deaths - CNN.com

via www.cnn.com: This is the time of year when there is an uptick in cases. The amoebas flourish in the heat -- especially during the summer months in the South, thriving in warm waters where people swim.

GMM: Every year there are two or three cases like this, typically in kids as young people do more recreational swimming. Naegleria fowleri is the amoeba causing the infection.  It kills nearly 95%  of its victims.