Kerala Health

Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba Claims Life of Nine-Year-Old in Kerala

Health authorities in northern Kerala are grappling with the tragic death of a nine-year-old girl in Kozhikode, who succumbed to a rare and aggressive brain infection caused by free-living amoeba. The deadly amoebic encephalitis, typically contracted from freshwater sources, has prompted an urgent search to identify the contaminated water body and raise awareness about this grave public health threat. [15]