A young person in South Carolina has died after being exposed to a brain-eating amoeba at Lake Murray in the Columbia area.

Dr. Anna-Kathryn Burch, a pediatric infectious disease physician in South Carolina, said infections with the Naegleria ...

The case was initially confirmed the week of July 7, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health.

L AKE MURRAY, S.C. (WBTV) - A person has died after they contracted an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba at a South ...

"Greater than 97% of cases that have occurred since the 1960's have been fatal. There have only been four cases in the U.S.

The amoeba can be found in warm freshwater but occasionally has been detected in tap water. The South Carolina health agency ...

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