N.C. Brain-eating amoeba at contaminated waterpark killed teenager
Brain-eating amoeba at contaminated waterpark killed teenager, officials say
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A teenager was killed by a brain-eating amoeba that had contaminated "murky" water at a popular North Carolina waterpark, officials have said. Chlorination and filtration systems at the artificial water rapids course, where Olympic kayakers have trained, was found to be inadequate to kill the organism. Lauren Seitz died last month just over a week after she visited the US National Whitewater Center near Charlotte while on a church group trip.
It's kind of a murky water.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
It is thought the 18-year-old, of Westerville, Ohio, became infected by the Naegleria fowleri amoeba when her raft overturned. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the water channels at the centre were too murky with debris for the chlorine and ultraviolet light to kill the organism. Health inspectors found the bug in all 11 water samples taken from the park's fast-flowing whitewater channel. Ms Seitz - who planned to study a degree in music and environmental science - died on 19 June three weeks after graduating from high school. The whitewater center closed five days later and has not indicated when or if it will reopen.
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97%
FATALITY RATE
Amoeba
Symptoms usually show up five days after exposure and include fever, vomiting, seizures and hallucinations. The fatality rate is 97%, according to the CDC[/COLOR]
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Naegleriasis
Naegleriasis, also known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis(PAM), amebic encephalitis, and naegleria infection, is an infection of the brain by the free-living protist Naegleria fowleri, also known as the"brain-eating amoeba". The term"brain-eating amoeba" has also been applied to Balamuthia mandrillaris, causing some confusion between the two, however Balamuthia mandrillaris is unrelated to Naegleria fowleri, and causes a different disease called granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, and unlike Naegleriasis, which is usually seen in people with normal immune function, granulomatous amoebic encephalitis is usually seen in people with poor immune function such as those with HIV/AIDS or leukemia.
N. fowleri is typically found in warm bodies of fresh water, such as ponds, lakes, rivers, and hot springs.
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