Scientist working in the laboratory. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 22 In Nebraska, USA, a child died from meningoencephalitis caused by infection with the amoeba of the species Naegleria Fowler, Fox News reported. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday confirmed that Naegleria fowleri, a 97% fatal infection, caused the death of a child swimming in one of the local rivers. It is noted that this is the first death of a person due to this parasite in Nebraska. In the past, cases of this amoeba infection were limited to the southern states, but now it has spread to the northern states. «The amoeba can cause primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, an infection of the brain that can occur when water containing the amoeba enters the nose and reaches the brain. Infection occurs extremely rarely, but almost always leads to death,» the report says. According to the CDC, 31 cases of such an infection have been registered in the United States over the past 10 years. Based on statistics, from 1962 to 2021, 154 people were infected, while only four of them survived. tap water brain-eating amoeba
