18-year-old woman dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba at U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, North Carolina
Officials: Ohio teen dies from brain-eating amoeba after visit to Whitewater Center
The NC DHHS says the only known underwater exposure was believed to be when riding in a raft with several other that overturned at the U.S. National Whitewater Center.
According to the CDC, fewer than 10 cases have been reported annually in the United State during the last 53 years. This ameba can cause severe illness up to nine days after exposure. A person cannot be infected with Naegleria fowleri by drinking contaminated water and the ameba is not found in salt water.
Officials: Teen Dies From Amoeba Infection After Visit To Whitewater Center
The NBC station in Columbus, Ohio says an 18-year-old girl is dead after contracting the amoeba, and her parents say station there the girl did not swim in Columbus during the incubation period; she did, however, come to Charlotte for a trip and visited the Whitewater Center.
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