Chitosan nanoparticles improve the effectivity of miltefosine against Acanthamoeba

Alireza Latifi; Fariba Esmaeili; Mehdi Mohebali; Setayesh Yasami-Khiabani; Mostafa Rezaeian; Mohammad Soleimani; Elham Kazemirad; Amir Amani

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0011976

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Chitosan nanoparticles improve the effectivity of miltefosine against Acanthamoeba

Alireza Latifi,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Fariba Esmaeili,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Medical Nanotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Mehdi Mohebali,

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Center for Research of Endemic Parasites of Iran (CREPI), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Setayesh Yasami-Khiabani,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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Mostafa Rezaeian,

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Mohammad Soleimani,

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Ocular Trauma and Emergency, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Elham Kazemirad ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kazemirad@tums.ac.ir, ekazemirad@yahoo.com (EK); aamani@nkums.ac.ir (AA)

Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8634-5584

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Amir Amani

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision

* E-mail: kazemirad@tums.ac.ir, ekazemirad@yahoo.com (EK); aamani@nkums.ac.ir (AA)

Affiliation Natural products and medicinal plants Research center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
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Chitosan nanoparticles improve the effectivity of miltefosine against Acanthamoeba

Alireza Latifi,
Fariba Esmaeili,
Mehdi Mohebali,
Setayesh Yasami-Khiabani,
Mostafa Rezaeian,
Mohammad Soleimani,
Elham Kazemirad,
Amir Amani

Published: March 25, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011976

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