The infection destroys brain tissue, which is why the infection is commonly referred to as a brain-eating amoeba.

Community members in South Carolina continue to rally around the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr, who died after being infected with an amoeba he contracted at Lake Murray.

Jaysen Carr, 12, died from a rare brain infection he reportedly contracted in Lake Murray. His funeral is being live-streamed from Columbia.