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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

Emerging infectious diseases · 2012 · 104 citations · 11 references

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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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