Amoeba -- Pakistan
A 26-year-old man became the latest victim of _Naegleria fowleri_, the "brain-eating amoeba," in Karachi, Geo News reported Thursday [28 Jun 2018].
The man, who lived in Shadman Society area of Malir, passed away in a private hospital. _Naegleria fowleri_, which is found in freshwater, has claimed 4 lives in Karachi this year [2018], it was reported.
Doctors and health experts say naegleria usually enters the brain and attacks the nervous system when infected water is ingested through
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5881736&promed&0
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