Coverage dated October 19, 2022 to October 21, 2022
Experts: Lake Mead brain-eating amoeba death among few in US
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The death of a Las Vegas-area teenager from a rare brain-eating amoeba that investigators think he was exposed to in warm waters at Lake Mead should prompt caution, not panic, among people at freshwater lakes, rivers and springs, experts said Friday.
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Nevada boy dies from brain-eating amoeba that might have infected him in Lake Mead
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Experts: Lake Mead brain-eating amoeba death among few in US
By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A boy has died after being infected by a rare brain-eating amoeba, which officials believe he may have been exposed to at Lake Mead, the Southern Nevada Health District announced Wednesday.
A Nevada boy died after being infected by Naegleria fowleri, or a brain-eating amoeba, while swimming in Lake Mead earlier this month, health officials said.
The Clark County boy may have been exposed at the Arizona side of Lake Mead in the beginning of October and developed symptoms a week later, health officials said.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The death of a Las Vegas-area teenager from a rare brain-eating amoeba that investigators think he was exposed to in warm waters at Lake Mead should prompt caution, not panic, among people at freshwater lakes, rivers and springs, experts said Friday.
The patient was identified only as a male under the age of 18, according to the Southern Nevada Health District. Authorities believe he was exposed in early October.
