He underwent “an extremely painful surgery where the parasite was scraped out of the eye with a surgical scalpel,” after being diagnosed with microsporidia keratitis July 14, according to the ...

Microsporidia represent an enigmatic group of obligate intracellular parasites that have emerged as significant pathogens across a wide range of hosts, from invertebrates to mammals.

His symptoms worsened, and on July 14 he says he was diagnosed with microsporidia keratitis. ... ACHD notified the Pa. Department of Health, the Pa. Department of Agriculture and the CDC, ...

Microsporidia are obligate, intracellular protozoal parasites that can be pathogenic in immunocompromised individuals. The majority of cases of microsporidiosis have been documented in patients ...

Robert W. Pemberton, Hugo A. Cordo, Nosema (Microsporida: Nosematidae) Species as Potential Biological Control Agents of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): Surveys for the Microsporidia ...