Man dies from brain-eating amoeba after water skiing in Lake of the Ozarks - There are fewer than 10 cases of the ...

(CDC/Dr. James Roberts, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta) A Missouri resident has died from a rare Naegleria fowleri ...

Naegleria fowleri lives in warm, fresh water and can enter the brain through the nose, where it causes inflammation and tissue death. Fewer than 200 people have contracted the amoeba since 1962, but ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. ( KTVI) — An adult in Missouri has died after they became infected with a brain-eating amoeba earlier this ...

The patient contracted Naegleria fowleri while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, health officials said. Here's what we ...

A brain-eating amoeba case in Missouri highlights the risks of warm freshwater activities, as health officials recommend ...

The deadly infection has been historically rare, but as climate change heats up waters and worsens flooding, research shows ...

Individuals become infected when water containing the amoeba enters the body through the nose from freshwater sources.

A person in Missouri has been hospitalized after contracting a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing in the Lake ...

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

The amoeba is a single-celled organism that lives in hot springs, lakes and other warm freshwater bodies. Infections are rare ...