TY - JOUR AU - Chen, Jung-Sheng AU - Hsu, Tsui-Kang AU - Hsu, Bing-Mu AU - Chao, Shih-Chun AU - Huang, Tung-Yi AU - Ji, Dar-Der AU - Yang, Pei-Yu AU - Huang, I-Hsiu T1 - Swimming Pool–Associated Vittaforma-Like Microsporidia Linked to Microsporidial Keratoconjunctivitis Outbreak, Taiwan T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2019 VL - 25 IS - 11 SP - 2100 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - microsporidia KW - microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis KW - keratitis KW - swimming resort KW - Vittaforma-like microsporidia KW - Vittaforma corneae KW - transmission route KW - Taiwan KW - parasites DO - 10.3201/eid2511.181483 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/11/18-1483_article ER - End of Reference