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Boy, 13, dies from brain-eating amoeba after swimming at lake with friends – NEWS.com.au
Boy, 13, dies from brain-eating amoeba after swimming at lake with friends
A healthy teen died after being exposed to a brain-eating amoeba when he went swimming in a lake with friends.Tanner Lake Wall, 13, was on holiday with his friends and family at a campground in North Florida, US, when he got sick.
Tanner became ill after two days of swimming, and died on August 2, The Sun reports.
Dad Travis Wall said the teenager had been experiencing “nausea, vomiting, pretty bad headaches” in the lead-up to his death. He also had a stiff neck.
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