California boy dies from Naegleria fowleri infection
by News Desk from Outbreak News Today on (#5NADX)
By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on a report out of Tehama County, California, the young child that contracted the dangerous amoebic parasite, Naegleria fowleri, last week, has passed. The boy is identified as 7-year-old David Pruitt and he died from primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), the disease caused by the amoeba on Aug. 7, according to [...]
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