Simultaneous increase of Cryptosporidium infections in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Germany in late summer season, 2012.

Authors :: Fournet N
Deege MP
Urbanus AT
Nichols G
Rosner BM
Chalmers RM
Gorton R
Pollock KG
van der Giessen JW
Wever PC
Dorigo-Zetsma JW
Mulder B
Mank TG
Overdevest I
Kusters JG
van Pelt W
Kortbeek LM
Source :: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2013 Jan 10; Vol. 18 (2). Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Jan 10.
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: Starting August 2012, an increase in Cryptosporidium infections was reported in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Germany. It represented a 1.8 to 4.9-fold increase compared to previous years. Most samples were C. hominis IbA10G2. A case–control study was performed in the Netherlands but did not identify an endemic source. A case–case study in the north of England found travel abroad to be the most common risk factor.

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1560-7917
Volume :: 18
Issue :: 2
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 23324424

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