Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 The number of samples and patients included in this study

From: Genotypic diversity of Acanthamoeba strains isolated from Chilean patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis

	Tested^a		Positive^b		Genotyped^c
	No. of patients	No. of samples	No. of patients	No. of samples	No. of patients	No. of samples
Female	262	377	78	101	50	80
Male	156	247	51	64	26	34
Total	418	624	129	165	76	114

^aThe total number of samples and patients received at the ISP for Acanthamoeba screening between 2005–2016
^bThe number of samples and patients that were found positive by culture
^cThe number of positive samples and patients that were genotyped

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