Balamuthia DNA detected in contact lens storage case: An ‘unexpected event’
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#175ER)
When you think of the infectious risks associated with improper use of contact lenses, the free-living amoeba Acanthamoeba typically comes to mind. However, newly published research in the journal Parasitology Research reveals what is described as an "unexpected event"- the detection of Balamuthia mandrillaris ( another free living amoeba (FLA)) DNA in a sample derived from the contact lens ["]
