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Rare Amoeba Claims Life of Louisiana Girl | Dover News
A heartbreaking tragedy unfolded in Louisiana as eight-year-old Lillian Smart died from a rare, fatal brain-eating amoeba called Naegleria fowleri, likely contracted while swimming in Lake Claiborne. With fewer than ten cases reported annually nationwide, this is the first confirmed case in Louisiana since 2013 — and it echoes last year’s loss of a South Carolina boy to the same infection. The amoeba enters through the nose, races to the brain, and is almost always deadly. Officials warn there’s no routine testing for it in freshwater, especially in warm waters above 77°F — a chilling…
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