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Child visiting St. Bernard Parish dies from rare encephalitis infection, CDC confirms
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday confirmed that a 4-year-old child visiting a St. Bernard Parish home died from primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a brain infection that leads to the destruction of brain tissue. The the state Department of Health and Hospitals on Friday confirmed that the deceased was boy from Mississippi and that he likely had contracted the infection after playing on a Slip 'n Slide for a long time and having the warm, untreated water go up his nose..
Child visiting St. Bernard Parish dies from rare encephalitis infection, CDC confirms
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday confirmed that a 4-year-old child visiting a St. Bernard Parish home died from primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a brain infection that leads to the destruction of brain tissue. The the state Department of Health and Hospitals on Friday confirmed that the deceased was boy from Mississippi and that he likely had contracted the infection after playing on a Slip 'n Slide for a long time and having the warm, untreated water go up his nose..
