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Brain-eating amoeba kills child in US

Orissa Post | 21/08/2022 06:34 PM | Click to read full article

Federal health officials confirmed Friday that a Nebraska child died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a river near Omaha.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the presence of the naegleria fowleri amoeba in the child. Health officials believe the child became infected while swimming Sunday in the Elkhorn River, a few miles west of Omaha.

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