Brain-eating amoeba: Kerala reports 80 cases; 21 dead; state minister says cause of encephalitis cases still unknown | India News
NEW DELHI: Kerala has reported 80 cases and 21 deaths in the Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare but highly fatal brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri — popularly called the “brain-eating amoeba,” state health minister Veena George said on Tuesday. While talking to reporters, George said that the cause of encephalitis cases is still…