Amoeba -- Pakistan
The Sindh Health Department confirmed on [Mon 4 Jun 2018] that the 'brain-eating' amoeba, called _Naegleria fowleri_, claimed its 2nd victim in Karachi. "This is the 2nd life claimed by naegleria this year [2018] in Karachi," confirmed Dr Zafar Mehdi, the focal person for naegleria-related deaths in Sindh.
The recent victim of the deadly disease was [a] 16 year old girl from North Nazimabad. Dr Mehdi said that [the deceased] was admitted to a hospital with the symptoms of high fever,
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5845550&promed&0
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