2-year-old Nevada boy dies from brain-eating amoeba likely contracted at natural hot spring | CNN - eviltoast
A 2-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba infection this week, according to the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health and a Facebook post from the child’s mother.

A 2-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba infection this week, according to the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health and a Facebook post from the child’s mother.

  • scytale@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    Any fresh water body to be honest. There’s just a ton more small dangerous things that can live in fresh water vs salt water.

    • YMS@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      For Naegleria fowleri in particular, there have been enough infections from tap water, but as it prefers warm water, it’s more common in swimming pools and bathing lakes.