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Boy, 12, dies of brain-eating amoeba

Infection From Brain-Eating Amoeba Kills Boy in South Carolina

A lawyer for the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr said he died on July 18 after contracting a deadly infectious amoeba while swimming in a reservoir.

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12-year-old boy killed by brain-eating amoeba after swim in South Carolina lake

Nationwide, there have only been 167 cases of Naegleria fowleri in the past 62 years — but only four of those survived, according to the CDC.

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Person dies from brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina, officials say

A patient at Prisma Health Children's Hospital Midlands in South Carolina died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba, Dr. Anna Kathryn Burch, a pediatric infectious disease specialist, said during a press conference on July 22.

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S.C. community supports family of amoeba infection victim

Community members in South Carolina continue to rally around the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr, who died after being infected with an amoeba he contracted at Lake Murray.

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Family identifies 12-year-old who died after contracting amoeba in SC

The family of a boy who died after contracting an amoeba in a South Carolina lake has come forward with a public statement.

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Boy, 12, dies of brain-eating amoeba

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