Federal health officials confirmed that achild died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a Nebraska river.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the presence of the naegleria fowleri amoeba in the child, according to the Douglas County Department of Health in Omaha. People are usually infected when water containing the amoeba enters the body through the nose while swimming in or diving into lakes and rivers. Other sources have been documented, including tainted tap water in a Houston-area city in 2020.It is the second death in the Midwest this summer from primary amebic meningoencephalitis, an infection caused by the amoeba that has proved fatal in 97% of reported cases.
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Brain-eating amoeba suspected of killing child in NebraskaA child in Nebraska is suspected to have died due to an infection from a rare brain-eating amoeba while swimming in the state's Elkhorn River.
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Brain-Eating Amoeba Suspected In Second Midwest DeathHealth officials say a child likely died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in the Elkhorn River in eastern Nebraska on Sunday.
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Brain-eating amoeba suspected in 2nd Midwest deathHealth officials say a child likely died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in the Elkhorn River in eastern Nebraska on Sunday.
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Brain-eating amoeba suspected in 2nd Midwest deathHealth officials say a child likely died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in the Elkhorn River in eastern Nebraska on Sunday.
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CDC confirms Nebraska child died of brain-eating amoebaFederal 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, according to the Douglas County Department of Health in Omaha. Health officials believe the child became infected while swimming Sunday in the Elkhorn River, a few miles west of Omaha.
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Child dies from brain-eating amoeba after swimming in Nebraska riverThe organism is typically found in warmer freshwater sources, though officials warn it’s being identified farther north “as previously cooler regions become warmer and drier.”
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