Battling brain-eating amoeba: Enigmas surrounding immunity to Naegleria fowleri

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E. Ashley Moseman

* E-mail: ashley.moseman@duke.edu

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

Naegleria fowleri
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Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis
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Amoebas
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Antibodies
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Immune response
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Neutrophils
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Opportunistic infections
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Free-living amoebic infection
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