A person in Missouri has been hospitalized after contracting a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing in the Lake of the Ozarks, state health officials said Wednesday.

The patient, who was not identified, is being treated in an intensive care unit for an infection of the Naegleria fowleri amoeba, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said. Public health officials are still investigating the source of the infection, but the Health Department said the patient became ill days after they were at the lake.

There are two public beaches open to visitors at the Lake of the Ozarks State Park, according to the park's website. The Health Department did not specify which beach the patient had gone to.

While the Naegleria fowleri organism is common in warm freshwater, the i

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