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Insights Into the Genetic Diversity of Acanthamoeba Keratitis: A Clinical and Molecular Study.
Cornea - 1 Apr 2026
Kavya Vinil K, Dhanurekha Lakshmipathy, Abirami Ramachandran, Sampathkumar Ranganathan, Shweta Agarwal S, Anand Appakkudal R, Madhangi Sri B
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PURPOSE: To characterize Acanthamoeba isolates from patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) at the subgenotypic level, and to determine the distribution of genotypes and subgenotypes associated with clinical infections. METHODS: Corneal scrapings from clinically diagnosed patients with AK were subjected to molecular genotyping. DNA was extracted and amplified using PCR targeting the 18S ribosomal RNA gene....
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