LOS ANGELES: A 7-year-old boy died after he contracted a brain-eating amoeba probably while swimming in a lake in Northern California, United States, Xinhua reported, quoting a local media report on Monday.According to the Los Angeles Times, David Pruitt, living in Tehama County, died from primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare, devastating infection of the brain. The boy, infected after swimming in a freshwater lake last month, was sent to UC Davis Medical Centre on July 30 and died there on Aug 7.PAM is caused by Naegleria fowleri, also known as a brain-eating amoeba, which is found in warm freshwater and soil.“People get infected when water containing the amoeba goes up the nos
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