Health officials in Nevada say a two-year-old boy has died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba and developing an infection.

<div class="block">Health officials in Nevada say a two-year-old boy has died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba and developing an infection.</div>

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Two-Year-Old Boy Dies From Brain-Eating Amoeba

Health officials in Nevada say a two year old boy has died after contracting a brain eating amoeba and developing an infection. Investigators say the boy who is from Lincoln County just north of the Las Vegas area may have contracted the amoeba during a recent visit to Ash Springs. That's a natural hot spring in the county. Officials say the amoeba quote can cause a very serious rare infection of the brain that destroys brain tissue and is almost always fatal. Symptoms of the infection start with severe headache, fever, nausea and vomiting and progresses to stiff neck, seizures and coma that can eventually lead to death. The amoeba lives in soil and warm fresh water such as lakes, rivers and hot springs.