美国路易斯安那州8岁女孩莉莲·斯玛特（Lillian Smart）在Lake Claiborne游泳后感染了罕见的脑食性阿米巴原虫，于8月17日去世1。这名女孩于8月15日被送入医院，路易斯安那州卫生部门在8月19日确认了她感染脑食性阿米巴原虫（Naegleria fowleri）的诊断1。
这种感染几乎总是致命的1。根据美国疾病控制与预防中心的数据，自1937年以来美国仅有约180例确诊病例1。在路易斯安那州，自2011年以来仅报告过少数病例1。患者家属表示："脑部所受的伤害对她年幼的身体来说过于严重，无法恢复。"1专家指出，气候危机导致这种阿米巴原虫在美国北部和西部等非典型地区出现1。
An eight-year-old girl from Louisiana has died after contracting a rare and nearly always fatal brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, a parasitic amoeba.1 Lillian Smart was hospitalized on August 15, 2024, following a swimming incident at Lake Claiborne in Claiborne Parish, and died two days later on August 17.1 Louisiana's health department confirmed the infection on August 19.1
The parasite, commonly known as the brain-eating amoeba, causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a condition that destroys brain tissue with devastating speed. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only approximately 180 confirmed cases have been documented across the United States since 1937, and Louisiana has recorded only a small number of cases since 2011.1 Smart's family released a statement explaining that "the injuries to her brain were too severe for her little body to recover from."1 Experts attribute the emergence of such infections in atypical regions, including northern and western areas of the United States, to the climate crisis.1
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