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A deadly case of brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina is bringing renewed national attention to a test developed right here ...
Rare cases of Naegleria fowleri can result in a severe infection in the brain, with infection fatal in around 95% of cases.
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The parents of Jaysen Carr are calling for freshwater testing and public alerts after their son died of a brain infection ...
Attorney and Columbia City Councilman Tyler Bailey was hired by the family to independently investigate the child's death.
The CDC said only four out of 154 people have survived infection with the brain-eating amoeba, known as naegleria fowleri, since 1962.
Naegleria fowleri is common in the environment but infections are extremely rare, said Emma H. Wilson, a professor of biomedical sciences at the University of California at Riverside.
Naegleria fowleri is present in many southern lakes in the U.S. during the summer, but infections have recently occurred in northern states. The amoeba is not found in salt water.
Jaysen Carr died after contracting a rare infection brought on by a freshwater amoeba reportedly in a South Carolina lake.
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