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

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 month, officials have confirmed.

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

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

A Missourian who contracted an amoeba that kills brain cells at the Lake of the Ozarks has died, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Wednesday. The Department of Mental Health ...

A Missouri resident died Tuesday after contracting a rare and deadly microscopic amoeba while skiing at the Lake of the ...

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

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

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.

A Missouri resident has contracted a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks days prior.