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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

‘Brain-eating amoeba’ kills 19 people in India’s Kerala

At least 19 people have died of a rare infection caused by a “brain-eating” amoeba in India's southern state of Kerala, raising concern over the spread of the disease through freshwater bodies.

Kerala reported 70 cases of amoebic meningoencephalitis and 19 deaths, out of which nine patients died in September, according to the state's health department.

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