What is the brain-eating amoeba behind the recent deaths in Kerala?

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It is important to note that people cannot get infected by drinking contaminated water, and it is not communicable from person to person.

Currently, there are no definitive treatments for primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.

As the infection progresses, symptoms can escalate to a stiff neck, confusion, seizures, hallucinations, and eventually coma.

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