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Individuals become infected when water containing the amoeba enters the body through the nose from freshwater sources.
A Missouri resident died Tuesday after contracting a rare and deadly microscopic amoeba while skiing at the Lake of the ...
A patient who was infected earlier this summer with a rare brain-eating amoeba has died from the infection, Missouri health ...
The patient contracted Naegleria fowleri while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, health officials said. Here's what we know.
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services made the announcement Wednesday afternoon that the individual died ...
Earlier this month, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported that the patient was being treated.
Missouri health leaders have confirmed that the patient suffering from a laboratory-confirmed infection of a brain-eating ameba died on Tuesday, Aug. 19. According to a Missouri ...
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) announced Wednesday that a patient who was diagnosed with a rare “brain-eating” infection has died.
The rare infection occurs when the ameba, naegleria fowleri, — which is found in fresh water — travels from the nose into the ...
The deadly infection has been historically rare, but as climate change heats up waters and worsens flooding, research shows ...
A Missouri resident has been hospitalized with what health officials described as a deadly "brain-eating infection" after ...
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.
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