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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graeme Massie

Patient dies from brain-eating amoeba after trip to Iowa lake

KCCI

A swimmer who was infected with a rare but dangerous “brain-eating” amoeba after visiting an Iowa lake has died, officials say.

The Missouri resident had visited the beach at the Lake of Three Fires in Taylor County, Iowa, which has since been closed by authorities.

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