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Please help docs! where does acanthamoeba keratitis usually live?
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The cornea: By definition, this is an amoebic infection of the surface and eventually the interior of the cornea. It usually comes about with in appropriate cleaning of a contact lens or swimming especially in lakes and rivers mostly in the us south.
Answered 3/8/2014
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