Extended Outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis in a Pediatric Hospital, China

Feng, Yaoyu; Wang, Lin; Duan, Liping; Gomez-Puerta, Luis A.; Zhang, Longxian; Zhao, Xukun; Hu, Jingjing; Zhang, Nan; Xiao, Lihua

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Extended Outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis in a Pediatric Hospital, China

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Feng, Yaoyu ; Wang, Lin ; Duan, Liping ; Gomez-Puerta, Luis A. ; Zhang, Longxian ; Zhao, Xukun ; Hu, Jingjing ; Zhang, Nan ; Xiao, Lihua
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Four Cryptosporidium spp. and 6 C. hominis subtypes were isolated from 102 of 6,284 patients in 3 pediatric hospitals in People's Republic of China. A cryptosporidiosis outbreak was identified retrospectively. The outbreak lasted >1 year and affected 51.4% of patients in 1 hospital ward, where 2 C. hominis subtypes with different virulence were found.
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Adolescent Child Child, Preschool Cross Infection Cryptosporidiosis Diarrhea, Infantile Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Female Hospitals, Pediatric Humans Infant Male Molecular Typing Prevalence Young Adult
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Emerg Infect Dis. 18(2):312-314.
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China
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Asia
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18
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2
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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