(CNN) A 6-year-old boy in Lake Jackson, Texas, died earlier this month from an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba that was found in the water of splash fountain the boy had played in earlier. Finally, on September 6, Castillo took Josiah to Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, where he was admitted to the neurological intensive care unit. "Late Monday night or very early Tuesday morning they told us they believed it was this brain-eating amoeba," Castillo said. The little boy was suffering from primary amoebic mengioencephalitis, which is caused by an infection of the single-celled amoeba Naegleria fowleri. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for all of Brazoria County on Sunday, where Lake Jackson is located.

Source: CNN September 28, 2020 23:18 UTC