The infection destroys brain tissue, which is why the infection is commonly referred to as a brain-eating amoeba.

A Columbia family is mourning the loss of their young son, who died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba from swimming in a popular lake. Jaysen Carr, a

The identity of the South Carolina resident who was the victim of a recent, fatal “brain-eating amoeba” discovery has been uncovered, and it was a 12-year-old boy.