Kerala: Teenager survives rare brain-eating amoeba disease

Afnan Jasim, 14, is thought to be just the ninth person in the world to survive the brain infection.

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Afnan Jasim, 14, is thought to have become infected in June after he went for a swim in a local pond in the southern state of Kerala.

His doctor said that the amoeba - called Naegleria fowleri - likely entered his body from the water that had been contaminated by it.

Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), the disease caused by the amoeba, has a mortality rate of 97%.

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, between 1971 and 2023, just eight other people have survived the disease across four countries - Australia, US, Mexico and Pakistan.

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