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Brain eating amoeba News

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Naegleria fowleri typically enters the body through the nose when contaminated water is forcefully inhaled. This can happen during activities like swimming, diving, or using a neti pot for nasal irrigation. Once inside the nasal passages, the amoeba travels along the olfactory nerve to the brain. 
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Five cases of the rare brain infection caused by free-living amoebae living in contaminated waters had been reported in Kerala before and all the infected patients had died.
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'Brain eating amoeba reported in South Korea This is the first known infection from the disease in the country The KDCA said the odds of human-to-human transmission of Naegleria fowleri are low






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