Health officials in Missouri say a resident has contracted a lab-confirmed case of what is commonly known as "brain-eating" amoeba, and the individual had been at the Lake of the Ozarks before falling ill.

The Missouri Department of Health has begun an investigation into the brain-eating ameba after a person showed symptoms after skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks.

Health officials in Missouri say a resident has contracted a lab-confirmed case of what is commonly known as "brain-eating" amoeba, and the individual had been at the Lake of the Ozarks before falling ill.