Islamabad: A 22-year-old man died of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare brain infection caused by a free-living amoeba in contaminated water, in Pakistan's Karachi on Saturday.
An Indian teenager is now among a handful of people in the world to survive a rare brain-eating amoeba, partly due to his father coming across a public awareness campaign on social media.
a free-living amoeba, which can cause unbearable pain and extreme light sensitivity and needs urgent medical attention when diagnosed. It primarily affects contact lens wearers, responsible for ...
A case of a rare brain-eating amoeba has been confirmed in Florida, according to health officials in the US state. The Florida Department of Health (DOH) said one person in Hillsborough County had ...