A 14-year-old boy in Kerala has made a rare recovery from amoebic meningoencephalitis, commonly called 'brain-eating amoeba' disease, which has a 97 percent mortality rate. The news comes amidst ...

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A 36-year-old Karachi woman, Maryam Shakeel, died after contracting Naegleria, a brain-eating amoeba found in water. Health officials confirmed that low chlorine levels in the city's water supply ...

Notably, Naegleria is an incurable disease. The amoeba enters the human brain through the nose and mouth, leading to fatal consequences.

PAM is ultimately hard to detect because of the rapid progression of the disease. Diagnosis is typically made postmortem. Texas Boy, 6, Dies After Being Hospitalized with Brain-Eating Amoeba ...

PAM, the infection caused from the amoeba, is ultimately hard to detect though, because of the rapid progression of the disease. Diagnosis is typically made postmortem. Although infection is rare ...

Popularly known as “brain-eating amoeba”, Naegleria fowleri is responsible for the disease called Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM). The infection is fatal in 98 per cent of the cases.

Popularly known as “brain-eating amoeba”, Naegleria fowleri is responsible for the disease called Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM). The infection is fatal in 98 per cent of the cases.