Extended outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in a pediatric hospital, China.

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