Another ‘brain-eating amoeba’ death reported in Pakistan, 3rd of the year in Karachi
For the third time in a month, a man from Pakistan’s largest city has succumbed to the “brain-eating amoeba”, Naegleria fowleri. According to a Samaa TV report, the 32-year-old man died at a private More...
Pakistan reports Naegleria fowleri death in Karachi man
Pakistan, which recorded an outbreak of the “brain-eating” amoeba, Naegleria fowleri in 2012, which killed 10 people, has recorded it’s first case and fatality in 2014 in a man from Karachi, More...
Pakistan reports third ‘brain-eating amoeba’ death of 2013
A third person has died from the “brain-eating amoeba”, Naegleria fowleri, in Pakistan this year, according to a Daily Times report. According to Sindh Public Health Department official Ayaz Ahmed, a More...
Pakistan reports eighth death due to ‘brain-eating amoeba’ this year
An eighth person, a young male student, has died from the deadly waterborne parasite since May in Pakistan, according to a Dawn.com report Saturday. Image/CDC “A senior physician from the hospital has informed More...
