FLOWERS AND CANDLES

RUSTON, La. — A 8-year-old Louisiana girl has died after contracting a rare, brain-eating amoeba infection during a recent swim at Lake Claiborne.

Lillian Smart died Saturday, just one day after her birthday, from severe brain injuries caused by Naegleria fowleri, a microscopic amoeba that leads to primary amebic meningoencephalitis.

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