Brain-Eating Amoeba: You are advised to follow these preventive measures to avoid it Brain eating amoeba in Kerala claimed the life of a 14-year-old boy in Kozhikode, Kerala. The child, who was named Mridul, swam in a contaminated pond and then was infected with Naegleria fowleri, which was spread through a free-living amoeba, according to news … Read more
The disease has a mortality rate of 95-100 per cent (Representational) Kozhikode: A 14-year-old boy died of amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare brain infection caused by a free-living amoeba found in contaminated waters, at a private hospital in Kerala, according to state health officials. Health department sources revealed that the child had contracted the infection after … Read more
The disease has a mortality rate of 95-100 per cent (Representational) Kozhikode (Kerala): A 12-year-old boy has been afflicted by amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare brain infection caused by a free-living amoeba found in contaminated waters, in Kozhikode district of Kerala, according to sources in the private hospital where he is being treated. This is the … Read more