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Free-Living Amoebae as Human Pathogens: Naegleria fowleri

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  1. Laboratory of Medical Parasitology, Central Institute of the Bundeswehr Medical Service Koblenz, Andernacherstr 100, 56070, Koblenz, Germany

    Patrick Scheid

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  1. Institute of Zoomorphology and Parasitology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Heinz Mehlhorn

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Scheid, P. (2015). Free-Living Amoebae as Human Pathogens: Naegleria fowleri . In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_2060-2

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