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Boy, 12, dies of brain-eating amoeba

The New York Times · 16h

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.

CBS News on MSN · 3d

Patient dies of brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina, hospital confirms

Dr. Anna-Kathryn Burch, a pediatric infectious disease physician in South Carolina, said infections with the Naegleria fowleri amoeba are "very devastating."

New York Post on MSN · 1d

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.

WCCB Charlotte4d

“Brain-eating amoeba” kills South Carolina child

Prisma Health Children's Hospital says a Midlands child has died after exposure to a freshwater amoeba known as naegleria ...

2don MSN

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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