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An 8-year-old boy contracted a brain-eating amoeba infection in August 2013 .
Dennis Conrad was one of the doctors who treated the boy in San Antonio , Texas .
Conrad was a professor of pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center .
The boy's infection was caused by Naegleria fowleri , a single-celled organism that lives in warm freshwater lakes and rivers.
Amoeba is a very rare infection in southern U.S. states and Arkansas has majority of cases.
Avoidance is the best way to avoid the infection, says Dr. Emily Lister .
Lister says swimming in salt water is good because the organism cannot tolerate high salt concentrations.
She holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Durham University and a master's degree in clinical and therapeutic neuroscience from Oxford University . She has worked in science communication, medical writing and as a local news reporter while undertaking journalism training. In 2018 , she was named one of MHP Communications' 30 journalists to watch under 30 . ([email protected]).
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