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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