A beach in Iowa has temporarily closed after a swimmer visiting from another state was infected with a life-threatening, brain-eating amoeba.
“It is not contagious, but can be life threatening,” the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said in a tweet.Testing is underway to confirm the presence of Naegleria fowleri in Lake of Three Fires in conjunction with the Iowa Public Health Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The process could take several days.
Naegleria fowleri is a"free-living microscopic ameba," commonly found in warm freshwater — such as lakes and rivers — or, more rarely, in inadequately chlorinated swimming pools or heated and contaminated tap water, according to the
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