title: Microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis after rugby tournament, Singapore.
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.
authors: Junda
authors: J
authors: Tan
authors: Phoebe
authors: P
authors: Lee
authors: Yingqi
authors: Y
authors: Lai
authors: Pengiran
authors: P
authors: Hishamuddin
authors: Joanne
authors: J
authors: Tay
authors: Ai Ling
authors: AL
authors: Tan
authors: Kian Sing
authors: KS
authors: Chan
authors: Raymond
authors: R
authors: Lin
authors: Donald
authors: D
authors: Tan
authors: Jeffery
authors: J
authors: Cutter
authors: Kee Tai
authors: KT
authors: Goh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005538:Football; D006801:Humans; D007637:Keratoconjunctivitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D016814:Microsporidia / Q000235:genetics*; D016881:Microsporidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Microsporidia; Singapore; Vittaforma corneae; fungi; keratoconjunctivitis; parasites
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