COVID-19: Acanthamoeba Creeps into the Brain.

Iran J Parasitol

Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Istinye University, Istanbul, 34010, Turkey.

Published: January 2023

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http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v18i2.13196DOI Listing

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