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A Missouri resident is in the intensive care unit with primary amebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, after swimming in Lake of Three Fires in Taylor County, Iowa

According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, Lake of Three Fires will undergo testing to determine whether the brain-eating is, in fact, in the water.

The amoeba Naegleria fowleri can cause a rare life-threatening infection of the brain called primary amebic meningoencephalitis. People are infected when water containing the amoeba enters the body through the nose.

According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, Lake of Three Fires will undergo testing to determine whether the brain-eating is, in fact, in the water.

A Missouri resident is in the intensive care unit with primary amebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, after swimming in Lake of Three Fires in Taylor County, Iowa

A Missouri resident is in the intensive care unit with primary amebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, after swimming in Lake of Three Fires in Taylor County, Iowa

According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, Lake of Three Fires will undergo testing to determine whether the brain-eating is, in fact, in the water.

The infection is extremely rare. Since 1962, only 154 known cases have been identified in the United States.

A Missourian has contracted primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) and is being treated in the ICU.

The infection is extremely rare. Since 1962, only 154 known cases have been identified in the United States.