Microsporidial Keratoconjunctivitis Caused by Vittaforma corneae, Sea of Galilee, Israel, 2022–2024
We describe a multiannual outbreak of keratoconjunctivitis caused by the microsporidium Vittaforma corneae in the Sea of Galilee, Israel. Patients had multifocal punctate corneal infiltrates and reduced visual acuity, confirmed by locally-developed pathogen-specific real-time PCR. Topical chlorhexi...
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| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2025-08-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/8/24-1941_article |
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