A review of Acanthamoeba keratitis in the middle East and Iran

Acanthamoeba keratitis, a vision-threatening disease, is caused by a free-living amoeba of genus Acanthamoeba. Amoeba is widely distributed all around the world. Several cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis have been reported from the Middle East and Iran as well. The infection is mainly caused by inappr...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Hossein Feiz Haddad, Azar Shokri, Habib Habibpour, Seyede Manizhe Heidar Neiadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Acute Disease
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Online Access:http://www.jadweb.org/article.asp?issn=2221-6189;year=2019;volume=8;issue=4;spage=133;epage=141;aulast=Feiz