Evaluating the anti-amoebic activity of putative chemotherapeutic targets and their metal nanoparticle conjugates against Naegleria Fowleri

• Main Author: Kavitha, Rajendran *
• Format: Thesis
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: QR Microbiology; RA Public aspects of medicine; RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2385/

Naegleria fowleri infects the central nervous system and causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). These brain-eating amoebae invade the nervous system via the nose when contaminated water is deeply inhaled. Subsequently, they invade into the brain tissue; causing severe haemorrhage and infl...