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Durham water feature identified as likely source of teen's fatal brain-eating amoeba infection

North Carolina health officials pinpoint a community center water feature in Durham as the probable source of the rare infection that killed a teenager.

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What to know

  • North Carolina health officials identified a water feature at a Durham community center as the likely source of a fatal Naegleria fowleri ("brain-eating amoeba") infection in a teenager.
  • The amoeba causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a rare infection that is typically fatal; this case resulted in the teen's death.
  • The water feature was connected to a man-made creek at a Durham mental health facility, according to some reports.

“Durham water feature 'most likely source' of brain infection-causing amoeba that killed teen, NCDHHS says”

CBS 17 · CBS 17 ↗ · Sep 15, 11:20 PM

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Health authority investigating infection sourceDeceased teen Victim of brain-eating amoeba infection

Durham water feature identified as likely source of teen's fatal brain-eating amoeba infection
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    Officials specify community center water feature as infection source

    Health officials further clarified that the water feature was located at a community center in Durham, narrowing the location of the likely infection source.

    “Teen who died from brain-eating amoeba likely infected from community center water feature: Officials…”
    — ABC News · source
    1. 7 outlets North Carolina water feature linked to teen's fatal brain-eating amoeba infection

      first by WJLA, 7d ago · also FOX8 WGHP, ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos, Yahoo, Yahoo News Canada, Raleigh News & Observer, 9News

      6 more headlines
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    Health officials identify Durham water feature as likely infection source

    North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) narrowed down the probable source of the teen's fatal Naegleria fowleri infection to a water feature in Durham. Multiple outlets reported the finding, with some specifying the feature was tied to a man-made creek at a mental health facility.

    1. 3 outlets first by CBS 17, 8d ago · also WLOS, WRAL · read ↗

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  1. 2 outlets Durham site tied to deadly ‘brain-eating’ amoeba case, NCDHHS says

    first by WECT, 8d ago · also ABC11 News

    1 more headline

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