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Table 2 Known Acanthamoeba genotypes and their associations with human diseases, i.e., keratitis and granulomatous encephalitis.

From: Biology and pathogenesis of Acanthamoeba

Acanthamoeba genotypes

Human disease association

T1

Encephalitis

^T2a

Keratitis, Encephalitis

^T2b - ccap1501/3c-alike sequences

NA

T3

Keratitis

T4*

Keratitis, Encephalitis

T5

Keratitis, Encephalitis

T6

Keratitis

T7

NA

T8

NA

T9

NA

T10

Keratitis, Encephalitis

T11

Keratitis

T12

Encephalitis

T13

NA

T14

NA

T15

Keratitis

T16

NA

T17

NA

  1. *this genotype has been most associated with both diseases
  2. ^basis of T2 division into T2a and T2b has been proposed by Maghsood et al., (2005)
  3. NA - no disease association has been found yet