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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Research in the area of emerging infectious diseases reported from M.O. Mendes and colleagues
May 19th, 2009
According to recent research from Brasilia, Brazil, "We conducted an epidemiologic investigation of an outbreak of ocular disease among children to determine whether the disease was linked to Emmonsia sp., a rarely-reported fungus and an agent of adiaspiromycosis. Using an unmatched case-control study design, we compared case-patients with asymptomatic controls randomly selected from the population." "Scleral biopsies were analyzed microscopically. Of 5,084 children examined, 99 case-patients were identified; mean age (+1 SID) was 11.0 +/- 4.4 years. Symptoms included photophobia (57%), ocular pain (42%), and blurred vision (40%). In the multivariate analysis, risk...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-05-19)
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