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South Carolina parents call for answers

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Parents want more warnings after a brain-eating amoeba killed their son on a South Carolina lake

Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina’s most popular lakes, he was dead from an amoeba that lives in the warm water and entered hi...

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Infection From Brain-Eating Amoeba Kills Boy in South Carolina

South Carolina parents call for answers after amoeba kills their child

Family of 12-year-old SC boy who died from brain-eating amoeba speaks to media

The family of a 12-year-old South Carolina boy who died after contracting a rare infection associated with Naegleria fowleri will speak to the media Tuesday afternoon.

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Boy Dies From Brain-Eating Amoeba After Swimming in S.C. Lake

Brain-eating amoeba: Who is most often infected?

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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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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.