A 29-year-old man from Atlantic County, New Jersey, died after contracting Naegleria fowleri — also called the “brain-eating amoeba” — after he visited a wave pool at a Texas resort.
The man, Fabrizio Stabile, reportedly had a headache that wouldn’t subside overnight, according to a GoFundMe page set up by loved ones to create a foundation. After he slept through most of the next day, his mother checked on him to discover he couldn’t get out of bed or speak coherently.
Days later, Stabile tested positive for the amoeba, but it was too late to save him. Naegleria fowleri has
News Briefs: 'Brain-Eating Amoeba' Kills New Jersey Man
Also in this week's water and wastewater news, an Arizona lab worker admits to helping forge a sample and a dog is rescued from a basin at a treatment plant
Oct 25, 2018 |
