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Editorial

Fighting with brain-eating amoeba: challenges and new insights to open a road for the treatment of Naegleria fowleri infection

Siva Nageswararao Gajulaa Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, GITAM School of Pharmacy, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Rushikonda, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaView further author information
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Lakshmi Vineela Nallab Department of Pharmacy, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1277-1279 | Received 26 Jun 2023, Accepted 22 Sep 2023, Published online: 26 Sep 2023

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