Parasitic infections of the eyes are a major cause of ocular diseases across the globe. The
causative agents range from simple organisms such as unicellular protozoans to complex …

Ocular microsporidiosis comprises two entirely different spectra of disease as
keratoconjunctivitis and stromal keratitis. Microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis (MKC) has been …

Purpose The etiology of conjunctivitis is often misdiagnosed. An ideal diagnostic test would
identify all possible infectious causes. In this study, we apply unbiased metagenomic RNA …

Background Epidemics of keratoconjunctivitis may involve various aetiological agents.
Microsporidia are an uncommon difficult-to-diagnose cause of such outbreaks. Aim During …

This chapter summarizes what is understood about mammalian host immune responses to
microsporidia species infecting humans as well as the effects of microsporidia infection on …

Microsporidia are protists close to the kingdom of fungi that may cause eye infections. Most
cases are reported in Asia and affect both immunocompromised and immunocompetent …

Vittaforma corneae belongs to microsporidia, which include over 1500 species of
opportunistic obligate intracellular fungi infecting almost all known animal taxa. Although …

Objective: To report the clinical manifestations, risk factors, and treatments of microsporidial
epithelial keratitis in Thailand. Methods: Twenty eyes of 19 patients were diagnosed and the …

Background and objective To describe the clinical features, diagnosis and management of
immune stromal keratitis/interstitial keratitis (IK) associated with microsporidial epithelial …

The purpose of this chapter is to review the mammalian models of micro‐sporidia that
helped predict and contributed to better understanding this infection and ensuing disease in …