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DDC allays amoeba fears

Dr Tares Krassanairawiwong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control (DDC). (Photo: DDC)

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) said a brain disease caused by Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as "brain-eating amoeba", is not contagious between people.

The announcement came after The Korea Herald reported on Monday that a Korean national in his 50s died last Wednesday of the disease after returning from a four-month stay in Thailand.

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