Extended outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in a pediatric hospital, China

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

doi:10.3201/eid1802.110666

Extended outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in a pediatric hospital, China

Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Feb;18(2):312-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1802.110666.

Authors

Yaoyu Feng¹, Lin Wang, Liping Duan, Luis A Gomez-Puerta, Longxian Zhang, Xukun Zhao, Jingjing Hu, Nan Zhang, Lihua Xiao

Affiliation

¹ East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. yyfeng@ecust.edu.cn

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
China / epidemiology
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Cryptosporidiosis / epidemiology*
Cryptosporidiosis / microbiology
Cryptosporidium / classification
Cryptosporidium / isolation & purification*
Diarrhea, Infantile / epidemiology*
Diarrhea, Infantile / microbiology
Disease Outbreaks*
Female
Hospitals, Pediatric
Humans
Infant
Male
Molecular Typing
Prevalence
Young Adult