Amoebicidal Effect of Chlorine Dioxide Gas against Pathogenic Naegleria fowleri and Acanthamoeba polyphaga

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>The pathogenic free-living amoebae, <italic>Naegleria fowleri</italic> and <italic>Acanthamoeba polyphaga</italic> are found in freshwater, soil, and unchlorinated or minimally chlorinated swimming pools. <italic>N. fowleri</italic> and <italic>A. polyphaga</italic> are becoming problematic as water leisure activities and drinking water are sources of infection. Chlorine dioxide (ClO<su...

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• Acanthamoeba
• DNA, Protozoan
• Linear Models
• Reference Standards
• RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S
• Statistics, Nonparametric
• Turkey
• Water

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c8e741b2-3524-520b-80a8-d3e88e0a74fc

DOI

10.21203/rs.3.rs-3969220/v1