Thursday 18/Sep/2025 – 11:24 am
The state of the Indian state of Kerala said that the state has registered about 69 cases of meningitis and the first amiabis brain since the beginning of this year, including 19 deaths after contacting Emiba Erinch known as Nigeria Fowlay, according to Reuters.
She added to the legislative assembly of the state, that there is an increase in cases of infection with a rare type, but it is a fight of brain inflammation in the state of Kerala, southern India, to alert, forcing her to intensify tests to address what it says is a serious challenge to public health.
High eating murderous amoeba cases raises anxiety in the Indian state of Kerala
She explained that the state has recorded about 69 cases of meningitis and the first amiabis brain since the beginning of this year, including 19 deaths after contacting Emiba, eating brain known as Nigeria Fujiri.
She explained: Three deaths occurred during the past month, including the death of a 3 -month -old child, unlike last year, we did not witness any cases related to one water source, as they are isolated individual cases, which increased the complexity of our epidemic investigations.
The government began to sterilize wells, water tanks, public shower areas and areas where people are likely to bathe and communicate with the amoeba, according to NDTV.
Globally, the survival rate for acute pancreatitis patients is about 3%, but thanks to the advanced tests and diagnosis, Kerala state has achieved a 24%average, according to the local media from George.
The government said in the document published last year that climate change leads to a high water temperature and heat that drives more people to recreational use of water and is likely to increase the exposure of this pathogen, and the state also reported 36 cases of PAM and nine mortality.
The document showed that among the two types of amino encephalitis, the first amalmitis in Kerala, caused by Naegleria Fowleri bacteria.
It is noteworthy that amreat encephalitis is a rare but fatal infection in the central nervous system caused by the free amoeba in fresh water, lakes and rivers, as a government document in Kerala state showed.
