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First report of successful Naegleria detection from environmental resources of some selected areas of Rawlakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

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Akbar, Abida, Hameed, Abdul, Alouffi, Abdulaziz S., Almutairi, Mashal M., Tanveer, Tania, Matin, Abdul (2021): First report of successful Naegleria detection from environmental resources of some selected areas of Rawlakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Acta Protozoologica 60: 37-45, DOI: 10.4467/16890027AP.21.005.15379, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/16890027ap.21.005.15379

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