A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MODHSS) said in a news release on Aug. 13 that the individual, an adult, has been infected with Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba.

Naegleria fowleri is a type of amoeba that can cause a rare, but nearly always fatal brain infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Typically, fewer than 10 people a year get PAM in the United States, according to the CDC. Last month, a 12-year-old boy died from a PAM infection in South Carolina. Dangerous waters: What to know about the flesh-eating bacteria and brain-eating amoebas

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