First Naegleria fowleri death of 2025 reported in Karachi

Karachi: Pakistan has reported its first death from Naegleria fowleri in the ongoing year as a 36-year-old woman from Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, succumbed to the brain-eating amoeba, the Sindh Health Department confirmed on Monday.

The victim first experienced symptoms on February 18 and was admitted to a private hospital on February 19. She passed away on February 23, with lab reports confirming Naegleria fowleri infection a day later, on February 24.