Rare brain-eating amoeba infection possibly linked to water skiing confirmed in Missouri

A person in Missouri was hospitalized with a brain-eating amoeba infection, likely contracted while water skiing at Lake of the Ozarks, according to state health officials. The Naegleria fowleri organism can cause primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a rare but serious condition, and public health officials are investigating the infection’s source.

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