Isolation, molecular characterization and phylogeny of Naegleria species in water bodies of North-Western Province, Sri Lanka

• Nuwan Gunarathna,

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

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, Ministry of Health, Ven. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha, Colombo, Sri Lanka

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4461-4288

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• Anjalie Amarasinghe,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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• Sunil Wijesundara,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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• Devika Iddawela ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: devikaiddawela@yahoo.com (DI); susijij@pdn.ac.lk (SW)

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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• Susiji Wickramasinghe

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: devikaiddawela@yahoo.com (DI); susijij@pdn.ac.lk (SW)

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2046-1093

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