brain-eating amoeba

Pakistan reports first death of 2025 from deadly brain-eating amoeba

Pakistan reports first death of 2025 from deadly brain-eating amoeba

  • Naegleria fowleri, with 98 percent fatality rate, is transmitted when contaminated water enters body through nose
  • Over a hundred people have died from the infection in Pakistan since 2008, five people died last year 
By NAIMAT KHAN ·