1.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 24(11): 2084-2086, 2018 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30334727
ABSTRACT
We report a fatal autochthonous diphtheria case in a migrant worker in Singapore. This case highlights the risk for individual cases in undervaccinated subpopulations, despite high vaccination coverage in the general population. Prompt implementation of public health measures and maintaining immunization coverage are critical to prevent reemergence of diphtheria.
Subject(s)
Bacterial Vaccines/immunology , Communicable Diseases, Emerging/diagnosis , Contact Tracing , Corynebacterium diphtheriae/immunology , Diphtheria/diagnosis , Bangladesh , Communicable Diseases, Emerging/epidemiology , Communicable Diseases, Emerging/prevention & control , Communicable Diseases, Emerging/transmission , Corynebacterium diphtheriae/isolation & purification , Diphtheria/epidemiology , Diphtheria/prevention & control , Diphtheria/transmission , Disease Notification , Fatal Outcome , Humans , Male , Phylogeny , Public Health , Singapore/epidemiology , Travel , Vaccination Coverage , Young Adult
2.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 19(9): 1484-6, 2013.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23965938
ABSTRACT
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.