Second outbreak of infection with a rare Cryptosporidium parvum genotype in schoolchildren associated with contact with lambs/goat kids at a holiday farm in Norway

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2105-2113

  Lange, H ^a   Johansen, O H ^b   Vold, L ^a   Robertson, L J ^c   Anthonisen, I L ^b   Nygard, K ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; gastrointestinal infections; hand hygiene; outbreaks; zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; GOAT; HAND WASHING; HEADACHE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LAMB; MALE; MELENA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SORE THROAT; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME; VOMITING; WATER SAMPLING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; INFECTION RISK; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84906303445     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813003002     Document Type: Article

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