‘Targeting the feast of a sleeping beast’: Nutrient and mineral dependencies of encysted Acanthamoeba castellanii

Acanthamoeba spp. cause a corneal infection, Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), and a cerebral infection, granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE). Though aggressive chemotherapy has been able to kill the active trophozoite form of Acanthamoeba, the encysted form of this parasite has remained problematic...

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Main Authors: Baig, A. M., Khan, N. A., Katyara, P., Lalani, S.*, Baig, R., Nadeem, M., Akbar, N., Nazim, F., Khaleeq, A.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley 2020
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Online Access:http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1399/
http://doi.org/10.1111/cbdd.13755
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