CDC says Texas, Florida top US brain-amoeba cases; NC water feature linked to teen death

CDC says Texas, Florida top US brain-amoeba cases; NC water feature linked to teen death

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Texas and Florida have the most documented Naegleria fowleri infections in the United States, with a total of 180 cases recorded from 1937 through 2025. State health officials in North Carolina traced the likely source of a recent fatal brain-amoeba infection to a man-made water feature at the El Futuro mental-health center in Durham County.

The 17-year-old teen died after exposure to the water feature, which has been closed pending further testing. Earlier reports had linked a similar infection of a 13-year-old to the same facility.

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North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Durham County Public Health El Futuro (mental-health organization) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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Durham, North Carolina, United States

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Health officials say the 17-year-old's Naegleria fowleri infection was likely acquired from a water feature at a Durham County mental-health center, which has been closed pending further testing.

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