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North Carolina teen dies from rare brain infection linked to public water park

Reported by Danish Ansari (Fact-Checker) · Google News - USA Health ·

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A North Carolina teenager has died from a rare brain-eating amoeba infection that health officials have linked to a water feature at a community center. Officials identified the likely source of the infection as a water feature tied to a man-made creek located at a mental health facility in Durham. The amoeba, which attacks the brain, entered the teen's system through water exposure at this specific public location.

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