Two Tulsa Boys Die From Rare Parasite
From Times Wire Reports
Two children died after being infected with a rare parasite associated with swimming in stagnant water, health officials said in Tulsa.
The boys, 9 and 7, did not know each other but were both believed to have been swimming in area ponds before contracting Naegleria, an amoeba that enters the body through the nose and can cause a deadly inflammation of the brain.
Three city pools were closed for testing, although health officials doubted the boys contracted the disease there.
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