A child died from a brain-eating amoeba after a visit to a Nevada hot spring, state officials said Thursday.
Investigators believe the child contracted the infection at Ash Springs, which is located about 100 miles north of Las Vegas. He experienced flu-like symptoms, and then his health began spiraling. The Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health has not publicly identified the victim.
The amoeba can cause primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a brain infection that destroys brain tissue, health officials said. It's almost always fatal.Only 157 cases were reported from 1962 through 2022, according to the CDC. Only four of the patients survived in that period. The infection usually occurs in boysSymptoms start one to 12 days after swimming or having some kind of nasal exposure to water containing Naegleria fowleri, according to the CDC.
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