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5 things to know about the brain-eating amoeba that infected a swimmer in Iowa

Iowa officials closed the beach at Lake of Three Fires State Park in Taylor County last week, after an infection by the Naegleria fowleri amoeba was confirmed in a swimmer at the park. (Iowa Department of Natural Resources)
Iowa officials closed the beach at Lake of Three Fires State Park in Taylor County last week, after an infection by the Naegleria fowleri amoeba was confirmed in a swimmer at the park. (Iowa Department of Natural Resources)

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