Parasita que come o cérebro?

https://eu.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2018/10/01/brain-eating-amoeba-naegleria-fowleri-kills-man/1491834002/

Citando:
"Fabrizio "Fab" Stabile, 29, of the Atlantic City-area beach community of Ventnor City died Sept. 21, just one day after he was diagnosed with the brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, according to a GoFundMe page that aims to create the Fabrizio Stabile Foundation. Stabile had been at a wave pool at BSR Cable Park's Surf Resort in Waco, Texas, and subsequently suffered from a headache Sept. 16 that progressed to an inability to get out of bed or speak coherently.

He was hospitalized Sept. 17, but doctors at first thought he had bacterial meningitis, which delayed the proper treatment. Only four people have survived the

► Sept. 28: Brain-eating amoeba found in Louisiana water system
► June 2017: Who's to blame for lake's brain-eating amoeba?
► June 2017: Deadly brain-eating amoeba symptoms are difficult to identify

Naegleria fowleri, known as the “brain-eating amoeba,” usually infects people when contaminated water, generally from lakes, rivers or streams, enters the body through the nose, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

Once the parasite enters the nose, it travels to the brain where it can cause a fatal infection known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis. Symptoms start to show one to nine days after swimming, and infected people typically die one to 18 days after symptoms start, according to the CDC."

Gatos podem levar a cancro da próstata?

1/3 dos gatos no RU são portadores de um parasita (toxoplasma gondii) que se infectar os donos leva a inflamação crónica que facilita o aparecimento de cancro da próstata:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4526256/Cats-cause-prostate-cancer-men-spreading-parasite.html

Citando:
"A parasite spread by cats could be a factor in causing prostate cancer in men
Scientists found microscopic bug Toxoplasma gondii can trigger inflammation
Chronic inflammation is known to double the risk of developing the cancer
The parasite is carried by cats, is shed in their faeces therefore can spread easily
(...)
Humans can then be infected by drinking contaminated water, eating unwashed vegetables or handling cat litter trays.

More than 46,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year in the UK.

Dr Travis Jerde, a professor of toxicology at Indiana University and one of the study authors, said: ‘No one should be getting rid of their cat because of this study, but precautions should be taken when working or playing in areas where cats may have gone to the bathroom – like a garden or sandbox.’"