A few weeks after Acanthamoeba was in the press and the parasite is back in the spotlight again as an ‘eye-devouring amobea’, courtesy of a Daily Mail warning to UK contact lens wearers (September 6). This follows the high-profile case of an unfortunate monthly contact lens wearer who was blinded in one eye (News 24.08.12) after a swim in a hotel pool. The latest warning was sparked by a lecture last week at the British Science Festival in Aberdeen, which highlighted that
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