A US toddler has died of a rare brain-eating amoeba infection, which was likely contracted at a splash pad at a country club, according to health officials and the county coroner.The victim died from Naegleria fowleri infection, which "destroys brain tissue, causing brain swelling and in certain cases, death," the Arkansas Department of Health said in a news release on Thursday.Naegleria fowleri is an amoeba that lives in soil and warm freshwater lakes, rivers, ponds and hot springs. In rare instances, people have gotten Naegleria fowleri infections from recreational water that had an insufficient amount of chlorine in it, such as pools, splash pads or surf parks, according to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
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