This is the first reported case of PAM where an infection occurs when the amoeba enters the body through the nose in Kollam ...

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A sense of calm pervades the Maadankaavu pond, hidden away in the greenery near a bylane at Maruthikkunnu in Navaikulam ...

The first case of murine typhus – a bacterial infection spread by fleas – in Kerala, diagnosed in a 75-year-old man on ...

A 10-year-old boy from Nadutheri, Thalavoor in Kollam has been confirmed with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). He ...

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Brain-eating amoeba, also known as amoebic encephalitis claimed the life of yet another man in Kerala. Doctor diagnosed him with possible symptoms of this disease during treatment shortly before ...

Recent cases of brain-eating amoeba in India highlight the deadly nature of this pathogen, which thrives in warm freshwater ...

A 10-year-old boy from Kollam is being treated for amoebic meningoencephalitis after fishing in a contaminated canal. Health officials urge residents to avoid the area as samples are tested.

presents similar symptoms. Further investigations are underway to confirm the exact cause of the death. Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, is caused by Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that ...

It causes me to have some blurry vision every ... I had never heard of [the amoeba], nor had anyone in my family.' To treat her, doctors initially placed her into a medically-induced coma ...