Polyaniline (PANI)-conjugated tungsten disulphide (WS2) nanoparticles as potential therapeutics against brain-eating amoebae

• Main Authors: Sumayah, Abdelnasir *, Mohammad Ridwane, Mungroo *, Shahabuddin, Syed, Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah, Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Ahmad, Irfan, Ayaz, Anwar *
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer Verlag (Germany) 2022
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine; RC Internal medicine; RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/3134/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00253-022-11899-x
• Institution: Sunway University

Brain-eating amoebae, including Acanthamoeba castellanii and Naegleria fowleri, are the causative agents of devastating central nervous system infections with extreme mortality rates. There is an indisputable urgency for the development of effective chemotherapeutic agents for the control of these d...