Iowa beach closed after man infected with ‘brain-eating’ amoeba.
TAYLOR COUNTY, Iowa – A beach in Iowa was shut down Thursday after it was suspected of being contaminated with a “brain-eating” amoeba.
Abby Melvin, a camper, says she and her friends never thought their summer reunion would be the scene of an invisible health threat.Melvin said the lake looks fine from a distance. However, state health experts say a tiny amoeba could be hiding in the water.Iowa Department of Natural Resources Supervisor Michelle Reinig says getting sick with it “is obviously rare.”A resident of Missouri is in intensive care after he swam in the lake last week.
“Some people are here just to fish, to picnic, to enjoy and relax at their campsite and they can still do that, so it’s just the beach that is closed for now,” she said.“It’s really surprising to me that it’s here, just around the time that we come so we just thought that was all kind of weird,” Melvin said.
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