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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley

Rare brain-eating amoeba kills Arkansas resident

CDC

An Arkansas resident died after being exposed to a rare brain-eating amoeba at a country club splash pad in Little Rock, authorities say.

The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) announced the death of an unidentified person on Thursday from Naegleria fowleri, a rare infection that destroys brain tissue and causes swelling.

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