Brain-eating amoeba: Why Kerala’s survival rate trumps globally

Kerala has recorded more than 70 cases of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), which has claimed 19 lives in the state this year. The rare disease, caused by Naegleria fowleri, has a survival rate of around three per cent globally. However, while infections have surged in the southern state, so has the survival rate – standing at over 24 per cent