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Child dies from brain-eating amoeba contracted near Bishop
Brain-eating amoeba Photo: Allan Ajifo / CC BY 2.0 via MGN.
By Staff | Posted: Fri 9:06 PM, Nov 09, 2018 | Updated: Sat 7:18 AM, Nov 10, 2018
BISHOP, Calif. (KOLO)-- A child died over the weekend after contracting a brain-eating amoeba from a swimming area south of Bishop, Calif., the Mono County Health Department reported Friday.
The child, only described as being from Southern California, suffered a rare infection called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis and tested positive for Naegleria fowleri.
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Brain-eating amoeba Photo: Allan Ajifo / CC BY 2.0 via MGN.
By Staff | Posted: Fri 9:06 PM, Nov 09, 2018 | Updated: Sat 7:18 AM, Nov 10, 2018
BISHOP, Calif. (KOLO)-- A child died over the weekend after contracting a brain-eating amoeba from a swimming area south of Bishop, Calif., the Mono County Health Department reported Friday.
The child, only described as being from Southern California, suffered a rare infection called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis and tested positive for Naegleria fowleri.
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