brain-eating amoeba

A child that was hospitalized in Tarrant County Texas with primary amebic meningoencephalitis, also known as "brain eating amoeba" has died.

Samples taken from the Bossier City water system have tested positive for DNA traces of Naefleria Fowleri, often referred to as a brain eating amoeba.

The most terrifying part about this is that symptoms can progress rapidly and death is typical within a week.

Barbara Featherston from Shreveport's Water and Sewerage Department talks about the precautions the city takes to protect the system from brain eating amoeba.

The dangerous amoeba was found in Bossier Parish earlier this month.

Officials with the Sligo water system have confirmed that a water test found a brain eating amoeba in the water. This system serves a part of south Bossier.

We can’t believe we’re saying this, but it may actually be safer to snort cocaine than it is to splash around in the Louisiana water supply.