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See the full story · 5 sourcesNaegleria fowleri, also known as brain-eating amoeba, lives in warm, fresh bodies of water and is usually contracted by swimming in summer months.
An 8-year-old girl from Louisiana died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba while swimming in Lake Claiborne. The amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, infects people when contaminated water enters the nose, causing a fatal brain infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis. Such infections are extremely rare but almost always deadly, with fewer than 10 US cases annually; similar child deaths occurred recently in South Carolina and Nebraska. AI generated
RUSTON, Louisiana – An 8-year-old girl in the US state of Louisiana died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba that thrives in warm fresh water, according to family members and the state Health Department.
Lillian Smart, of Ruston, Louisiana, contracted the fatal infection while swimming in Lake Claiborne, a reservoir in northern Louisiana, Kyle Roberts, a spokesperson for the family, confirmed in a statement. Her death was announced in a family statement on social media.
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