A Missouri resident is in intensive care after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba, likely while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, state health officials confirmed Wednesday.

The case of Naegleria fowleri — the scientific term for the amoeba — marks another confirmed U.S. infection this summer after a case in South Carolina and underscores the growing concern about these deadly organisms in warm freshwater across the country.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said preliminary information suggests the patient may have been water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks days before becoming ill. It's only the third confirmed case in Missouri since 1962, with previous cases reported in 1987 and 2022.

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