Facts about crypto and swimming pools

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  “Crypto” (krip-TOE), short for Cryptosporidium, is a germ that causes diarrhea. This germ is found in the fecal matter of a person who has been infected by Crypto. It has a tough outer shell that allows it to survive for a long time in the environment. It can survive for days even in properly chlorinated pools.
  
  Crypto is one of the most common causes of recreational water illness (disease caused by germs spread through pool water) in the United States and can cause prolonged diarrhea (for 1–2 weeks). It can make anyone sick, but certain groups of people are more likely to become seriously ill when infected with Crypto:
  
  • Young children
  
  • Pregnant women
  
  • Individuals with weakened immune systems
  
  CS256265-C
  
  Publication date from document properties.
  
  cryptosporidium-factsheet.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Cryptosporidiosis Swimming Pools
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  1 unnumbered page
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:31893b63c5f4243e81cf4bc4429ab7000308051b06de687dd951f1d5197590f2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/41661/cdc_41661_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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