A Missouri resident has died from a rare brain infection after water skiing in the Lake of the Ozarks.
The individual died on August 19 at a hospital in the St. Louis area, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said on Wednesday. They had contracted Naegleria fowleri, a microscopic amoeba that can cause primary amebic meningoencephalitis, also known as a “brain-eating infection,” the department confirmed last week.
