NEW DELHI: A nine-year-old girl in Kerala has died from amoebic encephalitis, a rare and often fatal brain infection caused by free-living amoeba found in contaminated water, health officials have confirmed.
The child, a resident of Thamarassery, was first admitted to hospital with fever on Wednesday.
As her condition deteriorated rapidly, she was moved to the medical college on Thursday, where she passed away the same day.
Tests carried out at the microbiology lab confirmed amoebic encephalitis as the cause of death.
Health officials have begun tracing the source of infection, suspected to be a local pond or lake. “Once the water body is identified, we will check if others have bathed there recently,” a senior official said.
This is the fourth case of amoebic encephalitis reported in the district this year.
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