A 10-year-old Texas girl who contracted a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a lake and river near Waco has died, her family and school say
A Texas girl has died after battling a brain-eating amoeba for more than a week, according to her family and school.
Lily Mae Avant, 10, swam in the Brazos River and Lake Whitney near Waco over Labor Day weekend, CNN affiliate KWTX reported. After being flown to Cook Children's Health Care System in Fort Worth on September 8, a spinal tap found she had contracted Naegleria fowleri, a single-cell living organism commonly found in warm freshwater, like lakes and rivers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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