CHARLOTTE (WTVD) –Health officials are on alert after an 18-year-old Ohio woman died Sunday after visiting the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte.
Her suspected cause of death is being listed as Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis — a rare infection caused by Naegleria fowleri. This one-celled organism is not harmful if swallowed, but can cause serious injury, even death, if contaminated water is forced up the nose.
The infections are extremely rare; there’s been fewer than 10 cases reported annually in the country in the last 53 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The amoeba is “naturally present” in warm lakes during warmer weather when the water is typically warmer. An infected person can experience sickness up to nine days following the exposure. For the full article click here
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