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ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) has issued an advisory regarding the Primary Amoebic Meni­ngoencephalitis (PAM) also called Naegleriasis, or brain-eating amoeba, an infectious disease of the central nervous system. Deaths related to PAM have regularly been reported from some hospitals in Karachi during summers since 2008. According to advisory, high temperatures associated with poor chlorinated water during early …

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