A young boy has died after being infected by a rare brain-eating amoeba, after swimming in a popular Lake in Nevada.
The patient, identified only as a male under the age of 18, was likely exposed while on the Arizona side of Lake Mead “at the beginning of October,” according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
The infection is caused by Naegleria fowleri, also known as brain-eating amoeba, which is common in warm bodies of freshwater such as lakes, rivers and hot springs.
