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South Carolina, Amoeba and Lake Murray

Child Dies from Brain-Eating Amoeba After Visiting Popular South Carolina Lake

A child in South Carolina has died after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba, state health officials confirmed.

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Infection From Brain-Eating Amoeba Kills Boy in South Carolina

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12-year-old boy dies from brain-eating amoeba after swimming in South Carolina lake

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What is Naegleria fowleri, the brain-eating amoeba?

A 12-year-old boy has died in South Carolina after becoming infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba from swimming in a lake earlier this month.

Is Lake Murray safe from exposure to a brain-infecting amoeba?

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Top 5 stories from the Shreveport Times this week: brain-eating amoebas, extreme heat

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Rare illness claims child’s life after swimming in South Carolina lake

A rare brain-eating amoeba infection killed a 12-year-old child in after he swam in a South Carolina freshwater lake. Health officials emphasize safety measures, experts warn about Naegleria fowleri risk in summer waters.

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Despite death, no elevated risk of amoeba at Lake Murray, health officials say

The state Department of Public Health presumes a fatal case of brain-eating amoeba came from Lake Murray, but risk of such infections remains extremely low.

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Death from brain-eating amoeba presumed to have happened at Lake Murray

Prisma Heath Richland Children's Hospital in Columbia confirmed Tuesday that a patient treated at their facility died from the organism. This announcement came a day after the South Carolina Department of Public Health (SCDPH) confirmed that there was a case of someone contracting the illness, but did not confirm a death.