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‘Brain-eating amoeba’ kills 19 in Kerala: What is this rare infection?

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‘Brain-eating amoeba’ kills 19 in Kerala: What is this rare infection?
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Kerala has reported over 60 cases of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare brain infection. The disease has caused 19 deaths this year. Caused by Naegleria fowleri or ‘brain-eating amoeba’, the infection causes inflammation of the brain. But why is it so deadly?

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