Archive · 7 Jun 2025
Kerala Confirms First Case of Deadly Brain Fever
In Kerala, doctors have confirmed the first case of a rare and dangerous brain infection called amoebic meningoencephalitis.
They used a new lab with special tests that can find the tiny organisms, amoebae, causing this disease.
The lab can detect five types of these amoebae.
The first case identified was Acanthamoeba.
This is good news because now doctors in Kerala can quickly diagnose and treat the illness, and also improves research in this area.
It also means they can now test and treat quickly in Kerala.
Globally, most people die from this disease, but Kerala has lowered the death rate with quick treatment.
Kerala confirms its first case of amoebic meningoencephalitis.
The diagnosis was made using a newly established molecular lab.
The lab can detect five types of amoebae causing brain fever.
The first confirmed detection was of Acanthamoeba.
In-state confirmation aids treatment and research.
- Who
- State public health lab (SPHL), Kerala
- What
- First confirmed case of amoebic meningoencephalitis
- When
- Not explicitly mentioned, but recent
- Where
- Kerala, India
- Why
- To diagnose and treat amoebic meningoencephalitis
- Lab
- State public health lab (SPHL)
- Disease
- Amoebic meningoencephalitis
- First detection
- Acanthamoeba
- Mortality rate
- Global: 97%; Kerala: 23%
- Centers
- Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode medical colleges
