Extended outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in a pediatric hospital, China.
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.
East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. yyfeng@ecust.edu.cn
Yaoyu
Y
Feng
Lin
L
Wang
Liping
L
Duan
Luis A
LA
Gomez-Puerta
Longxian
L
Zhang
Xukun
X
Zhao
Jingjing
J
Hu
Nan
N
Zhang
Lihua
L
Xiao
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D058889:Molecular Typing; D015995:Prevalence; D055815:Young Adult