The 10-year-old girl who contracted an amoeba eats the brain and is dead

This is 10-year-old Lily Mae Avant, who swam in the Brazos River and Whitney Lake near Waco during the Labor Day weekend in the United States.

After being transferred on September 8th to the Cook Children's Health System in Fort Worth, it was discovered that she had contracted Naegleria fowleri, a unicellular living organism commonly found in temperate freshwater, such as lakes. and the rivers. , according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (CDC).

The Valley Mills Elementary School, where Lily was in her fifth grade, confirmed her death on Facebook on Monday, saying the school district "is deeply saddened by the loss of Lily Before, Lily was an absolute blessing for our elementary school. an exceptional student, but most importantly, Lily was an amazing person and a friend to everyone. "

"She has touched and will continue to touch lives across the country," wrote the school.

An administrator of the #LilyStrong Facebook page, a family support group, wrote in an article: "Our beautiful daughter is completely healed and in the arms of Jesus."

Cook Children's health system declined to comment on Lily's death, as the hospital had not given her parental consent, said spokeswoman Kim Brown Hospital.

It is known that the amoeba Naegleria fowleri enters the body through the nose, travels to the brain and destroys brain tissue, according to the CDC.

Between 2009 and 2018, 34 cases of Naegleria fowleri infection were reported in the United States, the CDC announced.

And of the 145 known cases between 1962 and 2018, only four people survived.

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