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Teen dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba

Published August 30, 2015
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HOUSTON (FOX 26) - A teen who qualified for the Junior Olympics has died several days after he contracted a brain-eating amoeba. The boy was diagnosed with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis following a jump into a Sam Houston State Park lake.

 

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