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CDC confirms Nebraska child died of 'brain-eating amoeba'

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that a Nebraska child who went swimming in the Elkhorn River died from a brain-eating amoeba.

The CDC confirmed on Friday that a child was infected with a very rare amoeba that kills her in 97% of her victims.

Authorities did not release the names of the victims.

This death marks the first recorded human killing by a brain-eating amoeba in Nebraska.

Nebraska child dies of suspected brain-eating amoeba

Naegleria fowleri (commonly referred to as the "brain-eating amoeba" or "brain-eating ameba"), is a free-living microscopic ameba*, (single-celled living organism). It can cause a rare** and devastating infection of the brain called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).

Naegleria fowleri (commonly called the ``brain-eating amoeba'' or ``brain-eating amoeba'') is a free-living, microscopic amoeba. *is. -cell organisms). It can cause a rare** devastating brain infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))

"Naegleria fowleri is a common amoeba found in warm freshwater lakes, rivers, canals, and ponds. ', the agency said in a news release. "It can cause primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a brain infection that can occur when water containing amebas runs up the nose and reaches the brain. The infection is It's very rare, but almost always fatal."

Brain-eating amoeba cases have historically been confined to southern states, but they are almost always fatal, Nebraska epidemiologists said Wednesday.

The amoeba is most commonly found in rivers, lakes and ponds.  (Jim Lane/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

ponds.  (Jim Lane/Education Images/Universal Images Group, via Getty Images) (Jim Lane/Education Images/Universal Images Group, via Getty Images)

Eating amoebas is rare in the United States, according to the Brain CDC. Over the past decade, the CDC has documented 31 infections for her. Although rare, the chances of survival after contact with a brain-eating amoeba are slim. According to the CDC, he has a 97% fatality rate, and from 1962 to 2021, he has only four of the 154 confirmed cases who have survived.

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FRIDAY CONFIRMED DEATH EATS BRAIN It's the second time an amoeba has killed someone in the Midwest this year. A Missouri resident has died after becoming infected after swimming in Iowa's Lake of Three Fires. 

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