TY - JOUR
T1 - Extended outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in a pediatric hospital, China
AU - Feng, Yaoyu
AU - Wang, Lin
AU - Duan, Liping
AU - Gomez-Puerta, Luis A.
AU - Zhang, Longxian
AU - Zhao, Xukun
AU - Hu, Jingjing
AU - Zhang, Nan
AU - Xiao, Lihua
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.3201/eid1802.110666
DO - 10.3201/eid1802.110666
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 22305484
AN - SCOPUS:84863047160
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 18
SP - 312
EP - 314
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 2
ER -