Jaysen Carr died after contracting a rare infection brought on by a freshwater amoeba reportedly in a South Carolina lake.

Attorney and Columbia City Councilman Tyler Bailey was hired by the family to independently investigate the child’s death.

Naegleria fowleri can infect the brain when amoeba-containing water passes up the nose and therefore it is also known as the 'brain-eating amoeba'. Edited by: Anoushka Sharma ...

Naegleria fowleri can make its own nutrients, but still forages soil or water for food from bacteria, fungi and other organisms. That is how problems can arise for freshwater swimmers, Rice said.

Naegleria fowleri lays waste to cells in the brain, leading to a grisly demise in the very rare cases when it manages to lodge itself in a victim's nasal cavity.

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 is a single-celled organism found in warm freshwater and soil, according to the CDC. Naegleria fowleri, the only fatal species, enters the body when water gets in through the nose.

But Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency medicine physician at Lenox Hill Hospital, said that Naegleria fowleri shouldn’t cause you to change your summer plans. “There’s only been about 120 ...

Here’s a chilling fact that will make youthink twice before your next summer swim:Naegleria fowleri, the so-called “brain-eating amoeba,” has killed more than 160 people in the U.S. over the past 60 ...