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Microsporidial Keratoconjunctivitis after Rugby Tournament, Singapore
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Tan, Junda Lee, Phoebe Lai, Yingqi Hishamuddin, Pengiran Tay, Joanne Siok Wan Tan, Ai Ling Chan, Kian Sing Lin, Raymond Tan, Donald Y. K. Cutter, J. VergĂlio G. Goh, Kee Tai |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| 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. |
| Starting Page | 1484 |
| Ending Page | 1486 |
| Page Count | 3 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/b6/a4/12-1464.PMC3810903.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/9/pdfs/12-1464.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/9/pdfs/12-1464.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 23965938 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1909,121464 |
| DOI | 10.3201/eid1909,121464 |
| Journal | Emerging infectious diseases |
| Volume Number | 19 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Probability Vittaforma corneae epidemic keratoconjunctivitis |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |