Thursday, 3 August 2017

PRO/EDR> Amebic meningoencephalitis, primary - Pakistan (04): (SD) fatal

Amoeba -- Pakistan
A woman in Karachi has died of meningitis caused by the dreaded microorganism _Naegleria fowleri_, raising the year's total death toll due to the brain-eating bug to 4 in the city, it was learnt on [Tue 1 Aug 2017].
"AS, 48, and a resident of the Karimabad area of District Central, died this [Sun 30 Jul 2017] at a private hospital due to meningitis caused by _N. fowleri_," the Sindh government's focal person for _Naegleria fowleri_, Dr Zafar Mehdi, told The News.
He said the woman had

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