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What to know about the brain-eating amoeba that killed a child swimming in a lake
A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The brain-eating amoeba enters the body when water is forced up the nose, like when someone jumps or dives in the water.
Jaysen Carr died after contracting a rare infection brought on by a freshwater amoeba reportedly in a South Carolina lake.
"The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) was made aware of Naegleria fowleri in our state on the week of July 7.
The family spoke in front of the media for the first time Tuesday, calling on state agencies to test fresh bodies of water ...
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The parents of Jaysen Carr are calling for freshwater testing and public alerts after their son died of a brain infection ...
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