南卡罗来纳州学生在默里湖游泳后死于罕见的食用大脑的阿米巴。 South Carolina student dies from rare brain-eating amoeba after swimming in Lake Murray.

一名 12 岁的南卡罗来纳州学生杰森·卡尔 （Jaysen Carr） 在墨累湖游泳时感染了罕见且致命的食脑变形虫福氏耐格里原虫后死亡。 A 12-year-old South Carolina student, Jaysen Carr, died after contracting the rare and deadly brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri while swimming in Lake Murray. 这是自2016年以来南卡罗来纳州首例,而且在全国范围内,在过去62年中仅报告了167例病例。 This is the first case in South Carolina since 2016, and nationwide, only 167 cases have been reported in the past 62 years. Carr一家聘请了一名律师调查Jaysen死亡的情况,并计划提高对淡水湖健康风险的认识。 The Carr family has hired an attorney to investigate the circumstances of Jaysen's death and plans to raise awareness about health risks associated with freshwater lakes. 南卡罗来纳州公共卫生部强调,虽然有机体自然地出现在温暖的淡水中,但人类感染是罕见的。 The South Carolina Department of Public Health emphasized that while the organism is naturally occurring in warm freshwater, human infection is rare. 家庭在此艰难时刻要求隐私。 The family is requesting privacy during this difficult time.