Boy in U.S. Nevada dies from infection with brain-eating amoeba

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- A boy in the U.S. state of Nevada died after he was infected with Naegleria fowleri, a rare brain-eating amoeba, after exposing to the free-living ameba at Lake Mead, state health officials said.

According to a news release from the Southern Nevada Health District on Wednesday, the boy, described as a Clark County resident under the age of 18, possibly was exposed at Lake Mead, t