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News & Views: Girl Survives Brain-Eating Amoeba
Posted on November 22, 2013 by Katherine Malanson | Categories: Infectious Disease, Neurological Disorders, News | | Add comment |

After being hospitalized for 2 months, Kali Hardig, 12, gets to go home after recovering from amebic meningoencephalitis which health officials believe she contracted at a Little Rock, Ark., waterpark in July. She is only the third known survivor of the deadly infection in the last 50 years. Read more at Daily News: Arkansas girl survives brain-eating amoeba