Outbreak of cryptosporidiosis among veterinary students.
We describe an outbreak of human cryptosporidiosis in 5 veterinary students in contact with experimentally infected calves. All persons experienced symptoms of gastroenteritis, with the main complaint of diarrhoea lasting for 1-13 days. The persons recovered spontaneously; one was hospitalized for 10 days. The diagnosis was based on the demonstration of Cryptosporidium oocysts from stools by the smear method and the formalin-ether concentration method, both combined with the acid-fast staining technique. Both methods gave almost equal results. The role of Cryptosporidium as an occupational risk is discussed.
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D013337:Students, Medical; D014730:Veterinary Medicine