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Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here According to health officials, interviews and tests on four different locations concluded that the teen “most likely” contracted the infection at a “community-based organization in Durham.” The facility, El Futuro, was mentioned in an NCDHHS report that detailed the source of the amoeba. "While this investigation does not allow us to conclusively determine the location of exposure, the epidemiologic, laboratory, and environmental findings suggest that the El Futuro water feature was the most likely source," the NCDHHS report said. "The lack of effective disinfection, visible algal growth, and detection of non-viable N. fowleri from the water feature support this conclusion." A photo from NCDHHS showed one location at EL Futuro where officials collected water samples to detect the amoeba.