Swimming Pool–Associated Vittaforma-Like Microsporidia Linked to Microsporidial Keratoconjunctivitis Outbreak, Taiwan

We analyzed 2 batches of environmental samples after a microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis outbreak in Taiwan. Results indicated a transmission route from a parking lot to a foot washing pool to a swimming pool and suggested that accumulation of mud in the foot washing pool during the rainy season m...

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Autores principales: Chen, Jung-Sheng, Hsu, Tsui-Kang, Hsu, Bing-Mu, Chao, Shih-Chun, Huang, Tung-Yi, Ji, Dar-Der, Yang, Pei-Yu, Huang, I-Hsiu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31625849
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.181483
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Sumario:We analyzed 2 batches of environmental samples after a microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis outbreak in Taiwan. Results indicated a transmission route from a parking lot to a foot washing pool to a swimming pool and suggested that accumulation of mud in the foot washing pool during the rainy season might be a risk factor.

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