The child went swimming in the Elkhorn River in Omaha, Nebraska. Pic: Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via APA child likely died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a river, health officials in the US have said.
The child was in hospital within 48 hours after the onset of symptoms and died 10 days later, according to Douglas County Health Department. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is conducting tests to confirm the cause of the infection, said Dr Lindsay Huse, director of Douglas County Health Department.
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