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Microsporidial Keratoconjunctivitis after Rugby Tournament, Singapore
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2013
Source: Emerg Infect Dis. 19(9):1484-1486.
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Alternative Title:Emerg Infect Dis
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Description:We investigated an outbreak of 47 probable and 6 confirmed cases of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis involving participants of an international rugby tournament in Singapore in April 2012.The mode of transmission was eye contact with soil. Vittaforma corneae was identified in 4 of 6 corneal scrapings and in 1 of 12 soil water samples.
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