Tragic Death of 2-Year-Old Nevada Boy Linked to Brain-Eating Amoeba

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Tragic Death of 2-Year-Old Nevada Boy Linked to Brain-Eating Amoeba
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A 2-year-old boy in Nevada has died from a brain-eating amoeba infection, confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State investigators believe the boy may have been exposed to the amoeba at a natural hot spring in Lincoln County. Naegleria fowleri, the amoeba responsible, is a rare and almost always fatal infection that destroys brain tissue.

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