Brain-eating Amoeba Turns Swimming Spot into a Graveyard in Kerala

Brain-eating Amoeba Turns Swimming Spot into a Graveyard in Kerala

Polluted water is the main culprit behind the brain-eating amoeba infection that killed two toddlers in a month in Kerala. Therefore, it is better to avoid swimming in lakes and other water bodies, doctors warn. Amoebic encephalitis is a rare but deadly infection of the central nervous system caused by free-living amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, also … Read more