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death by amoeba

brainhulk

brainhulk

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http://news.yahoo.com/amoeba-blamed-swimming-death-florida-222005527.html

A dangerous amoeba that thrives in warm, freshwater bodies in the heat of summer caused the recent death of a 16-year-old Central Florida girl, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control confirmed on Monday.
Courtney Nash died Saturday, 10 days after she, her brother and four friends went swimming August 3 in the St. Johns River on Florida's east coast, her uncle, Thomas Uzel, said at a news conference.
"They were having fun just like any other kid would out in the water," he said.
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well, no more lakes and rivers for me. I'll stick to the clean ocean!
 
I read this too. Why were amoebas so cute when you first learn about them in school?
Cute little one celled creatures, but they are really KILLERS!
 
Wow, remind me not to go swin in a Florida lake. At least the water here in Northern Ontario is clean from deadly stuff like that.
 
Texashiker said:
Most of the time, those types of amoebas flourish in stagnated water, or water that is not moving.

If you go swimming in a pond, lake, canal,,,, swim in water that has some kind of movement - current or wave action.

However, the amoeba can be found in any freshwater.

related article - http://www.khou.com/news/Texas-boy-dies-from-rare-disease-after-river-swim-101981783.html
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Yea, I was going to mention that too, but the in the story she was swimming in a river so it contradicted what I understood about it.
 
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