Microsporidial Keratoconjunctivitis after Rugby Tournament, Singapore

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 scrap...

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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23965938
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1909.121464
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author 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
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Lee, Phoebe
Lai, Yingqi
Hishamuddin, Pengiran
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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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spelling pubmed-38109032013-11-05 Microsporidial Keratoconjunctivitis after Rugby Tournament, Singapore 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 Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3810903/ /pubmed/23965938 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1909.121464 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Tan, Junda
Lee, Phoebe
Lai, Yingqi
Hishamuddin, Pengiran
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Tan, Ai Ling
Chan, Kian Sing
Lin, Raymond
Tan, Donald
Cutter, Jeffery
Goh, Kee Tai
Microsporidial Keratoconjunctivitis after Rugby Tournament, Singapore
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title_fullStr Microsporidial Keratoconjunctivitis after Rugby Tournament, Singapore
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title_short Microsporidial Keratoconjunctivitis after Rugby Tournament, Singapore
title_sort microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis after rugby tournament, singapore
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23965938
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1909.121464
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