A TEXAS MEDICAL EXAMINER HAS CONFIRMED A LUBBOCK MAN DIED OF AN AMEOBIC INFECTION AFTER SWIMMING IN LAKE L-B-J NEAR AUSTIN.
     THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF AMOEBA IS USUALLY FOUND IN SOIL AND SURFACE WATER THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ... AND BECOMES MORE PREVALENT WHEN THE WATER TEMPERATURE WARMS ABOVE 80 DEGREES.
     HOWEVER - THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SAYS... THERE ARE SOME THINGS PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.
"I wouldn't stop swimming in warm water just because it was warm.  I would probably stop swimming in water where there was some kind of infection," Dr. Thomas Beaver said.
     OFFICIALS SAY THE CHANCES OF GETTING THIS TYPE OF AMOEBA IS ABOUT ONE IN 100-MILLION ... BUT THEY SAY IT'S BETTER TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION.