Sporadic Cryptosporidiosis, North Cumbria, England, 1996–2000

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Goh, Stella ; Reacher, Mark ; Casemore, David P. ; Verlander, Neville Q. ; Chalmers, Rachel ; Knowles, Margaret ; Williams, Joy ; Osborn, Keith ; Richards, Sarah
• Description:
  Risk factors for sporadic cryptosporidiosis were determined in 152 patients and 466 unmatched controls who resided in two local government districts in North Cumbria, North West England, from March 1, 1996, to February 29, 2000. Risk was associated with the usual daily volume of cold unboiled tap water drunk (odds ratio OR 1.40, 95% confidence intervals CI 1.14 to 1.71 per pint consumed per day p = 0.001) and short visits to farms (OR 2.02, 95% CI 1.04 to 3.90, p = 0.04). Fifty-six (84%) of 67 fecal specimens from patients obtained from January 1, 1998, and February 29, 2000, were Cryptosporidium parvum genotype 2 (animal and human strain). Livestock fecal pollution of water sources appears to be the leading cause of human sporadic cryptosporidiosis in this population and shows the need for better protection of water catchments from livestock and improved drinking water treatment in this area of England.
• Subjects:
  • Research
  • Cryptosporidium, Cryptosporidiosis, Sporadic
  • , Risk factors, Case-control study, Water, Water treatment , Public Water Supplies, Diarrhea, Immune suppressions
  • Adolescent
  • Animals
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • Cryptosporidium parvum
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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 10(6):1007-1015.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14342/cdc_14342_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 136.15 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f0bd4406f616cfe70ecd203dacdb2a321b23c415724d9c750286b86b132e4599