Specimens were sent for testing to the CDC
Public health officials in Mohave County and the Arizona Department of Health Services are working together to confirm a suspected case of Naegleria Fowleri.The suspected case has not been confirmed in Arizona but officials are investigating possible expires and locations.
According to the CDC, Naegleria fowleri infections are rare; between zero and five cases were diagnosed annually from 2013 to 2022 in the United States. A total of 29 infections have been reported. A case of Naegleria fowleri was confirmed in Mohave County, where the case was exposed in Lake Havasu in 2007. A Nevada resident was also confirmed as a Naegleria fowleri case following exposure in the Kingman Wash area, on the Arizona side of Lake Mead in 2022.
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