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2-year-old Nevada boy dies from brain-eating amoeba likely contracted at natural hot spring | CNN (www.cnn.com)
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A 2-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba infection this week, according to the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health and a Facebook post from the child’s mother.

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[–] YMS@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

For Naegleria fowleri in particular, there have been enough infections from tap water, but as it prefers warm water, it's more common in swimming pools and bathing lakes.