A Kerala teen became the first Indian to survive a deadly brain-eating amoeba disease
Afanan Jasim, a 14-year-old from Thikkodi in Kerala’s Kozhikode district, recently made history by becoming the first Indian and one of only 11 people worldwide to survive Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare and deadly brain-eating amoeba disease with a staggering fatality rate of 97 percent.
Last week, Afanan Jasim, a teenager from Thikkodi in Kerala’s Kozhikode district, achieved a remarkable feat by becoming the first Indian and one of just 11 individuals globally to survive Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), a highly lethal disease caused by a brain-eating amoeba, with a mortality rate of 97 percent.