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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Tan, Junda; Lee, Phoebe; Lai, Yingqi; Hishamuddin, Pengiran; Tay, Joanne; ... More +
Tan, Junda; Lee, Phoebe; Lai, Yingqi; Hishamuddin, Pengiran; Tay, Joanne; Tan, Ai Ling; Chan, Kian Sing; Lin, Raymond; Tan, Donald; Cutter, Jeffery; Goh, Kee Tai; Less -
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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Adolescent
Child
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
Female
Football
Fungi
Humans
Keratoconjunctivitis
Male
Microsporidia
Microsporidiosis
Parasites
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Singapore
Vittaforma Corneae
Keratoconjunctivitis

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 19(9):1484-1486.;
Document Type:
Journal Article;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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