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| Title: | Microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis after rugby tournament, Singapore | Authors: | Tan, J. Lee, P. Lai, Y. Hishamuddin, P. Tay, J. Tan, A.L. Chan, K.S. Lin, R. Tan, D. Cutter, J. Goh, K.T. |
Issue Date: | Sep-2013 | Citation: | Tan, J., Lee, P., Lai, Y., Hishamuddin, P., Tay, J., Tan, A.L., Chan, K.S., Lin, R., Tan, D., Cutter, J., Goh, K.T. (2013-09). Microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis after rugby tournament, Singapore. Emerging Infectious Diseases 19 (9) : 1484-1486. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1909.121464 | Abstract: | 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. | Source Title: | Emerging Infectious Diseases | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/108991 | ISSN: | 10806040 | DOI: | 10.3201/eid1909.121464 |
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