Boy in U.S. California dies from infection with brain-eating amoeba

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- A 7-year-old boy in U.S. state of California died after he contracted a brain-eating amoeba likely while swimming in a lake in Northern California, local media reported Monday.

According to the Los Angeles Times, David Pruitt, living in Tehama County, died from primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare, devastating infection of the brain. The boy, infected after swimming