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Volume 32, Number 9—September 2026

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Case Report and Retrospective Review of Acanthamoeba Encephalitis and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, United States

Michele PersicoComments to Author , Julia C. Haston, Erin Imada, Jennifer Kasten, Cederic Pimentel, and Jeffrey M. Collins
Author affiliation: Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M. Persico, C. Pimentel, J.M. Collins); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.C. Haston, E. Imada, J. Kasten)

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Acanthamoeba immunoassay from study of Acanthamoeba encephalitis and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, United States. Arrow indicates free-living amebic trophozoites of small to medium size that have rare double-walled cysts and show immunoreactivity to an Acanthamoeba spp. immunoassay.

Figure. Acanthamoeba immunoassay from study of Acanthamoeba encephalitis and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, United States. Arrow indicates free-living amebic trophozoites of small to medium size that have rare double-walled cysts and show immunoreactivity to an Acanthamoeba spp. immunoassay.

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