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Health officials said they believe the amoeba was contracted at a lake in Iowa

TAYLOR COUNTY, Iowa (KWWL) -- Officials confirm that a Missouri resident has died after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba while swimming at a southwest Iowa beach earlier in

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A Missouri resident who was infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba that likely happened after swimming in a southwestern Iowa lake has died, health officials said Friday.

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The Iowa DNR closed the lake to swimmers late last week.

Missouri health officials say the person likely picked up the deadly parasite at the Lake of Three Fires State Park in Taylor County

The Iowa DNR closed the lake to swimmers late last week.

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The swimmer died days after being infected with the Naegleria fowleri amoeba, which can cause rare and deadly infections.