A child in South Carolina has died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as brain-eating amoeba. State health officials confirm exposure likely came from Lake Murray the week of July 7.

LAKE MURRAY, S.C. (WBTV) - A person has died after they contracted an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba at a South Carolina lake recently, officials said. Sister-station WIS confirmed through Prisma Health Children’s Hospital in Columbia on Tuesday that a patient had died after coming into contact with the Naegleria fowleri amoeba.