India, Sept. 1 -- Amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare but fatal form of brain infection caused by a certain kind of amoebic species residing in fresh, stagnant waters, has claimed two more lives in Kerala, including that of a three-month-old child, health officials said on Monday.

The deceased were identified as a 52-year-old woman from Kappil in Malappuram district and a three-month-old boy from Omassery in Kozhikode district. Both of them were critical at the Kozhikode Government Medical College Hospital after being brought in for treatment in the first week of July.

"Currently, there are 10 persons undergoing treatment for the infection at the Kozhikode MCH, of which two are in critical condition. Both of them have comorbidities," sa...