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Brain-eating amoeba: Kerala reports another death from amoebic meningoencephalitis

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Brain-eating amoeba: Kerala reports another death from amoebic meningoencephalitis

Health officials point out that PAM is caused by Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that thrives in warm freshwater lakes, ponds and rivers. It can also survive in poorly maintained swimming pools in rare cases. | Photo Credit: Wikipedia A 73-year-old woman from Nellikuzhi in Kothamangalam in Ernakulam district of Kerala has died of primary amoebic…

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Rare and fatal brain-eating amoeba infection | Explained

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Rare and fatal brain-eating amoeba infection | Explained

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis infections, though rare, are fatal and 97% of the patients don’t survive. Image for representation purposes only. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The story so far: A12-year-old boy E.P. Mridul from Feroke in Kozhikode district of Kerala, who had been undergoing treatment for primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) at a private hospital,…

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