A preliminary study on Naegleria species in water bodies of Kurunegala district, Sri Lanka

A preliminary study on Naegleria species in water bodies of Kurunegala district, Sri Lanka

<p>Introduction and Objective: Species belonging to the genus Naegleria are free-living ubiquitous protozoa. They have been isolated from most regions of the world. N. fowleri causes an acute, fulminant and rapidly fatal infection involving the central nervous system (CNS) in humans. It is kno...

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Main Authors:	JANS Gunarathna, D Iddawela, S Wickramasinghe
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology 2018-10-01
Series:	Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:	primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, naegleria fowleri, tanks, sri lanka
Online Access:	https://sljid.sljol.info/articles/8216

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