The news of the death of a 14 year old boy in Kerala has raised several questions. The young boy died due to an infection by a brain eating amoeba. He was under treatment for amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare brain infection caused by a free-living amoeba found in contaminated waters.
This is not the first such death in Kerala. On May 21, a 5 year old girl had died in Malappuram due to this infection and a few weeks later on June 25, a 13 year old girl had succumbed to this infection in Kannur.
