NEW: Nevada resident who died from brain-eating amoeba may have been exposed at Lake Mead in Arizona abc15
LAS VEGAS — The Southern Nevada Health District confirmed that a Clark County resident has died from a brain-eating amoeba.The amoeba was identified as Naegleria fowleri. The patient was a male, under the age of 18. Based on the Southern Nevada Health District’s investigation, the individual may have been exposed at Lake Mead on the Arizona side of the lake at the beginning of October and began to develop symptoms approximately a week later.
Naegleria fowleri is commonly found in bodies of warm freshwater, such as lakes and rivers, and geothermal water, such as hot springs. The amoeba infects people by entering the body through the nose and traveling to the brain. It cannot infect people if swallowed and is not spread from person to person. The infection is extremely rare, and almost always fatal.
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