US EditionBrain-eating amoeba: Who is most often infected?
SOUTH CAROLINA, JUL 28 – The brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri causes nearly 95% fatal infections in warm freshwater, with only four survivors out of 167 U.S. cases since 1962, CDC reports.
- Twelve-Year-Old Jaysen Carr died on July 18, 2024, after contracting Naegleria fowleri from swimming in Lake Murray, South Carolina.
- The infection occurs when contaminated warm freshwater enters the nose, allowing the amoeba to travel to and destroy brain tissue.
- Jaysen spent the Fourth of July weekend swimming and boating on the lake, showing initial symptoms days later before succumbing after a week-long fight.
- The CDC reports 167 U.S. cases between 1962 and 2024 with over 95% fatality, and only four known survivors; South Carolina lacks laws requiring reporting of such infections.
- Jaysen's parents urge awareness of the amoeba's danger as infections are rare but nearly always fatal, especially during summer in warm freshwater environments.
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Parents want more warnings after a brain-eating amoeba killed their son on a South Carolina lake
Two weeks after spending the Fourth of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a brain-eating amoeba that was living in the warm water.
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Brain-eating amoeba: Who is most often infected?
(NEXSTAR) – The family of a 12-year-old boy who died in South Carolina this month have confirmed his cause of death to be an infection associated with Naegleria fowleri, more commonly referred to as a “brain-eating amoeba.” It’s believed the boy, identified as Jaysen Carr, contracted the infection while swimming in Lake Murray, a central South Carolina reservoir popular with swimmers, boaters and fishermen, according to the South Carolina Depart…
·Cleveland, United States
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