Acanthamoeba keratitis is an extremely rare but serious eye infection. In the United States, it mostly affects people who wear contact lenses. Prompt diagnosis and treatment can help prevent permanent ...

Lurking in Earth’s soil, bodies of water, as well as swimming pools and tap water, Acanthamoeba has quite the nefarious mission. If successful, this microscopic organism will infect a victim’s brain ...

Acanthamoeba keratitis is an eye infection affecting the cornea. Contact lens users are at high risk of getting infected, though non-contact lens users are also prone to the disease. Acanthamoeba ...

Health experts are cautioning about Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), a rare but serious eye infection linked to contaminated tap water, especially for contact lens wearers. A UK study revealed a ...

Acanthamoeba is a genus of opportunistic protozoan amebic species widely distributed in nature. Furthermore, it is part of a broader family of free-living amebae that can autonomously survive in the ...

Emily Leath, 26, stepped into the shower one day, not realizing that it was going to have a devastating impact on the rest of her life. Leath developed acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), a rare yet serious ...

A British man was forced to have his eye removed after a contact lens infection spiraled out of control, and now he’s sharing his story so others won’t suffer the same consequences. Long-time ...

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 29 -- A possible parasitic contamination of a cleansing solution for soft contact lens wearers has triggered a national recall of the product. Following reports of a possible ...

The session "Harnessing the Power of Nature: A One Health Approach Against Acanthamoeba" will be one of the key events at UNGA79, focusing on the urgent need to tackle Acanthamoeba infections, which ...

Far from being a random pathogen causing isolated cases of life-threatening brain infections, Acanthamoeba, the ubiquitous free-living amoeba found widely in the environment, is now emerging as a ...