China News Service, September 29. According to "Central News Agency", a 6-year-old boy in Brasoria County, Texas, USA, died after being infected with brainworm. Traces of brainworm were found in the tap water of his community. Governor of Texas A disaster statement was issued to the area a few days ago, saying that brain-eating worms pose a threat to public health and safety.

　　According to reports, the boy was pronounced dead on September 8 after being infected with "Negleria fowleri" (Naegleria fowleri).

Negrilia flexneri is a microorganism that thrives in the warm fresh water of lakes and rivers, and poorly managed swimming pools.

　　Negrilia fowleri can invade the human body from the nasal mucosa and penetrate into the brain. It can cause severe migraine, hyperthermia, stiff neck and vomiting, and then cause dizziness, extreme fatigue, confusion, and hallucinations.

　　Texas media quoted a Lake Jackson spokesperson as saying that the test results showed that there were traces of Negrilia flexneri in the water source of the garden watering pipe of the boy's home.

City official Mundo said they also found traces of brain-eating worms in a fountain in the city center.

　　The boy's grandparents said that the boy may have come into contact with sewage while playing in a water park in the city center, and soon became unwell.

This water park has been closed.

Several towns in the county of Brasoria recommend that residents avoid drinking tap water, or use tap water to bathe or cook food.

The authorities later cancelled this suggestion, but still urged people to boil tap water before using it.

　　Texas Governor Aiport issued a disaster statement to Brazoria County on the 27th, allowing relevant authorities to use additional state resources in a state of emergency.

　　Abbott said that Negrilia flexneri was found in three of the 11 water quality tests conducted in the county of Brasoria, which "posed an immediate threat to public health and safety and could also take people's lives."

　　From 1983 to 2010, Texas health authorities determined that 28 deaths were caused by Negrilia flexneri infection.