The young boy died due to an infection by a brain eating amoeba. He was under treatment for amoebic meningoencephalitis, a ...

A 12-year-old boy in Kozhikode district has been diagnosed with amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and often fatal brain infection caused by a free-living amoeba found in contaminated water.

The infection is fatal in 98 per cent of the cases. A free-living amoeba, Naegleria, is commonly found in warm fresh water (such as lakes, rivers, and hot springs) and soil. Only its one species ...

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. A ...