Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Man Dies After Contracting Brain-Eating Amoeba at North Carolina Water Park
POSTED 2:17 PM, JULY 25, 2019, BY TRIBUNE MEDIA WIRE, UPDATED AT 02:22PM, JULY 25, 2019
A North Carolina man died after an amoeba entered his body and led to a deadly illness, according to the state's Department of Health and Human Services.
Health officials confirmed that the death was directly related to Naegleria fowleri, also known as "brain-eating amoeba," which is naturally present in warm freshwater during the summer.
Eddie Gray was in the Fantasy Lake water park in Hope Mills with a mission group from Kernersville's Sedge Garden United Methodist Church when the amoeba entered his body, television station WRAL in North Carolina reported.
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https://ktla.com/2019/07/25/man-dies-after-contracting-brain-eating-amoeba-in-lake-at-nc-water-park/
POSTED 2:17 PM, JULY 25, 2019, BY TRIBUNE MEDIA WIRE, UPDATED AT 02:22PM, JULY 25, 2019
A North Carolina man died after an amoeba entered his body and led to a deadly illness, according to the state's Department of Health and Human Services.
Health officials confirmed that the death was directly related to Naegleria fowleri, also known as "brain-eating amoeba," which is naturally present in warm freshwater during the summer.
Eddie Gray was in the Fantasy Lake water park in Hope Mills with a mission group from Kernersville's Sedge Garden United Methodist Church when the amoeba entered his body, television station WRAL in North Carolina reported.
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https://ktla.com/2019/07/25/man-dies-after-contracting-brain-eating-amoeba-in-lake-at-nc-water-park/