Foot and Mouth Disease and Cryptosporidiosis: Possible Interaction between Two Emerging Infectious Diseases

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Hunter, Paul R. ; Chalmers, Rachel M. ; Syed, Qutub ; Hughes, L. Sara ; Woodhouse, Sarah ; Swift, Louise
• Description:
  During 2001, a large outbreak of foot and mouth disease occurred in the United Kingdom, during which approximately 2,030 confirmed cases of the disease were reported, >6 million animals were slaughtered, and strict restrictions on access to the countryside were imposed. We report a dramatic decline in the reported incidence of human cryptosporidiosis in northwest England during weeks 13-38 in 2001, compared with the previous 11 years. This decline coincided with the period of foot and mouth restrictions. No similar reduction occurred in the other 26 weeks of the year. We also noted a substantial decline in the proportion of human infections caused by the bovine strain (genotype 2) of Cryptosporidium parvum during weeks 13-38 in that year but not during the other weeks.
• Subjects:
  Animals Animals, Domestic Cattle Communicable Diseases, Emerging Cryptosporidiosis Cryptosporidium Parvum Dispatch Foot-and-Mouth Disease Foot And Mouth Disease Great Britain Humans Incidence Zoonosis

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 9(1):109-112.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  9
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:25797e9689412df82f0e78442fa58506332f1b900cdbcd811db5cc22dd4feaea
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14015/cdc_14015_DS1.pdf
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