Brain-eating amoeba kills 8-year-old girl in US
A seven-year-old girl from Louisiana died after being infected with the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri during swimming in a lake. The infection, which spreads through the nose, caused severe brain damage that her body could not recover from.
Consensus
- The girl died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri.
- The infection occurred during swimming in a lake.
- The amoeba enters the body through the nose.
- The infection causes severe brain damage and is almost always fatal.
- The girl was hospitalized on August 15 and died on August 22.
- She was eight years old at the time of death.
- The family shared the news via social media.
Points of divergence
- The girl's name is Lilian Smart. — vm
- The lake where the girl swam is Lake Claiborne in northern Louisiana. — vesti
- A woman in the US was diagnosed with a similar brain-infecting amoeba through tap water. — vm
- Russia has seen increased cases of infections and parasites from mosquitoes, with experts warning of a surge due to a wet winter and early warming. — vm
- This was the fifth fatal case of Naegleria fowleri infection in Louisiana since 2011. — vesti
- A 12-year-old boy from South Carolina died from the same amoeba in July of the previous year. — vm
- A child in Texas died in 2021 after contracting the infection from a fountain in a children's park. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Brain-eating amoeba killed eight-year-old girl in USA — Вечерняя Москва
- Rare 'brain-eating' amoeba became the cause of death of an eight-year-old girl in the USA — Вести