US EditionIndia's state of Kerala fighting rise in cases of rare 'brain-eating' disease
Kerala's 2025 surge in brain-eating amoeba cases includes 69 infections and 19 deaths, with a 24% survival rate due to early detection and treatment efforts, health minister said.
- Amoebic meningoencephalitis, caused by the Naegleria fowleri amoeba, has become a public health concern in Kerala, with 69 cases and 19 deaths reported in 2025.
- The Kerala government is chlorinating water sources to prevent amoeba infections, as symptoms can progress rapidly.
- Authorities have begun chlorinating wells and testing statewide to detect and treat infections.
- Health Minister Veena George stated that this year's cases are single, isolated instances, complicating epidemiological investigations.
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The authorities of the Indian state of Kerala, from the south of the country, issued a health warning after they recorded an increase in the number of deaths and infections caused by an ambiguity of “Creation Eaters”, which doubled...
In the southern Indian state of Kerala, the authorities raise the alarm about increasing deaths from an amoeba that destroys the brain. According to this, 72 infections have been registered with the amoeba Naegleria fowleri since the beginning of the year and 19 deaths. Although the number of cases is still very low, the number of deaths has doubled compared to last year, the authorities explained on Thursday. In 2024, 36 infections and nine dea…
‘Rare but fatal’: India on health alert as ‘brain-eating’ amoeba cases rise in Kerala
NEW DELHI, Sept 18 — India has issued a health alert after infections and deaths caused by a rare water-borne “brain-eating” amoeba doubled compared to last year in the southern state of Kerala.Numbers are still tiny but Altaf Ali, a doctor who is part of a government task force to arrest the spread, told AFP that officials were “conducting tests on a large scale across the state to detect and treat cases”.Officials reported 19 deaths and 72 inf…
Authorities in South India are concerned: the number of people who die from an amoeba that destroys the brain is increasing significantly. Overall, an infection is still rare - but the deaths have already doubled compared to the previous year. The country appoints a task force.
The amoeba Naegleria fowleri can cause inflammations in the human brain, which are mostly fatal, but the number of cases in India is low, but has doubled.
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