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A Missouri resident has contracted a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks days prior.
The deadly infection has been historically rare, but as climate change heats up waters and worsens flooding, research shows ...
The last Missouri resident to die from the brain-eating infection was in July of 2022, after swimming in Lake of Three Fires ...
A man in Missouri contracted a rare brain-eating amoeba, and officials believe he likely got it while water skiing at the ...
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed a rare case of brain infection linked to Lake of the Ozarks.
Missouri health officials confirmed a rare Naegleria fowleri brain-eating amoeba infection in a patient who recently visited the Lake of the Ozarks. The patient is hospitalized in intensive care.
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services claims someone who contracted a rare brain infection may have been ...
Naegleria fowleri is a microscopic single-celled free-living ameba that can cause a rare deadly infection of the brain called ...
The Missouri Department of Health has begun an investigation into the brain-eating ameba after a person showed symptoms after ...
Individuals become infected when water containing the amoeba enters the body through the nose from freshwater sources.
The case of Naegleria fowleri — the scientific term for the amoeba — marks another confirmed U.S. infection this summer after ...