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Distribution of Acanthamoeba in the soil Takashi Tsuruhara 1 , Yasushi Tomiyama 1 , Yasuhisa Ishibashi 2 , Sachiko Hommura 3 , Hideki Horikami 4 , Keiichi Ishii 4 1Dept of Biol, Tokyo Gakugei Univ 2Dept of Opthalmol, Daini-Hospital, Tokyo Women's Med Coll 3Dept of Ophthalmol, Univ of Tsukuba 4Dept of Biol, Hosei Univ pp.1665-1669
Published Date 1993/9/15
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1410901832
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In an effort to elucidate background features of amoeba keratitis, we isolated Acanthamoeba from 349 soil samples from Sapporo, Tokyo and Naha.The detection rate was 71%, 74% and 58% respec-tively from the 3 cities. The rate of detection was independent of sunshine, humidity or pH of the soil samples. Of the isolated Acanthamoeba, poly-phagids were the most prevalent at 70%. The find-ings suggest that Acanthamoeba cysts, which resist harsh environmental conditions, would be dis-seminated by the wind or rainwater on the ground surface. Regarding Acanthamoeba keratitis, con-tamination by soil appeared to be more important than by contaminated fluid in the container for contact lens.


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