TN sounds alarm as Kerala sees surge in brain-eating amoeba cases
Tamil Nadu Health Department has urged strict monitoring and maintenance of swimming pools and water theme parks after Kerala reported cases of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare but often fatal infection caused by Naegleria fowleri. Officials have also stressed that PAM is not contagious and spreads only when the amoeba enters the body through the nose.