A Georgia resident has died from a rare brain-eating amoeba after they were likely infected while swimming in a freshwater lake or pond, officials say.
Smith Collection / Gado / Getty Images fileA Georgia resident has died from a rare brain-eating amoeba after they were likely infected while swimming in a freshwater lake or pond, officials said.which can cause a rare infection that"destroys brain tissue, causing brain swelling and usually death," the Georgia Department of Public Health said in a news release Friday.
It was not clear exactly when the resident died or where they were swimming when they contracted the infection.is an amoeba that lives in soil and warm, freshwater lakes, rivers, ponds, and hot springs," the health department said. It noted that the amoeba is not found in salt water or in properly treated drinking water or swimming pools.
The amoeba is known as the"brain-eating amoeba" because it can cause a brain infection when water containing the amoeba goes up the nose, the health department said."It cannot infect people if swallowed and is not spread from person to person," the department noted. The deadly infection is rare, with only about three people in the United States contracting it each year,"but these infections are usually fatal," the health department said.
Prior to this latest case, there have been five other cases reported in Georgia since 1962, according to the department.In July, a 2-year-old boy from Nevada was
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