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...

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Autores principales: Feng, Yaoyu, Wang, Lin, Duan, Liping, Gomez-Puerta, Luis A., Zhang, Longxian, Zhao, Xukun, Hu, Jingjing, Zhang, Nan, Xiao, Lihua
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22305484
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1802.110666
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author Feng, Yaoyu
Wang, Lin
Duan, Liping
Gomez-Puerta, Luis A.
Zhang, Longxian
Zhao, Xukun
Hu, Jingjing
Zhang, Nan
Xiao, Lihua
author_facet Feng, Yaoyu
Wang, Lin
Duan, Liping
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Zhao, Xukun
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description 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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spelling pubmed-33104462012-04-10 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 Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3310446/ /pubmed/22305484 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1802.110666 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Extended Outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis in a Pediatric Hospital, China
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