Used contact lens solution hosts giant virus, ecosystem of parasites

See on Scoop.itVirology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca

In July of last year, researchers in France described a rather disturbing example of what could happen if you’re not careful about cleaning your contact lenses. A 17-year-old patient had been wearing monthly lenses well past their expiration date, and rinsing them with a cleaning solution she’d diluted with tap water. The end result was an eye infection…

 

Via @carlzimmer

 

Research article:

“Provirophages and transpovirons as the diverse mobilome of giant viruses”

http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1208835109

See on arstechnica.com

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