Lillian Smart, who health officials believe contracted a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a northern Louisiana lake, died Saturday from an infection linked to the pathogen.
Lillian Smart, who health officials believe contracted a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a northern Louisiana lake, died Saturday from an infection linked to the pathogen.
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Lillian Smart's family says the 8-year-old's brain injuries were too severe to survive after contracting Naegleria fowleri while swimming in a lake.
