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'Brain-Eating Amoeba': Kerala Boy Makes Rare Recovery From Amoebic Meningoencephalitis Having 97 Percent Mortality Rate
Gazi Abbas Shahid | Jul 22, 2024, 5:26 PM IST
A highly rare but extremely lethal central nervous system infection, amoebic meningoencephalitis, commonly called 'brain-eating amoeba' is caused free-living amoebae found in contaminated freshwater sources.
