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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Missourian has contracted a rare, often deadly brain infection from an amoeba, according to the Missouri Department of Health ...

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The man had been waterskiing on the Lake of the Ozarks in the days before contracting the infection, known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter ...

A man has been hospitalized with Naegleria fowleri, a single-celled amoeba that can cause deadly infections Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in ...

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A Missouri resident has contracted a rare and often fatal brain infection caused by the Naegleria fowleri amoeba, commonly known as the "brain-eating amoeba." Infection occurs when water containing ...