Naegleria fowleri - The brain-eating amoeba: an emerging threat in Pakistan

Naegleria fowleri - The brain-eating amoeba: an emerging threat in Pakistan

Authors

  • Muhammad Raza Sarfraz Bahria university medical and dental college karachi
  • Hafsa Tariq Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medical and Dental college, Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • Sadia Rehman Department of Biochemistry, Bahria University of Health Sciences, Karachi Cantonment, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Seemab Khan Department of Dermatology, PNS Shifa Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v94i2.13843

Keywords:

NAEGLERIA FOWLERI, THE BRAIN-EATING AMOEBA, Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, Pakistan

Abstract

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Author Biographies

Muhammad Raza Sarfraz, Bahria university medical and dental college karachi

Department of Internal Medicine, Bahria University of Health Sciences, Karachi Cantonment, Karachi, Pakistan

Sadia Rehman, Department of Biochemistry, Bahria University of Health Sciences, Karachi Cantonment, Karachi, Pakistan

Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Bahria University of Health Sciences, Karachi Cantonment, Karachi, Pakistan

Seemab Khan, Department of Dermatology, PNS Shifa Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.

Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, PNS Shifa Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

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24-04-2023

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Vol. 94 No. 2 (2023)

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Sarfraz MR, Tariq H, Rehman S, Khan S. Naegleria fowleri - The brain-eating amoeba: an emerging threat in Pakistan. Acta Biomed. 2023;94(2):e2023024. doi:10.23750/abm.v94i2.13843
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