ArticleBMC research notes2018
Persisting post-infection symptoms 2 years after a large waterborne outbreak of Cryptosporidium hominis in northern Sweden.
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- Health sequelae of human cryptosporidiosis in industrialised countries: a systematic review.Parasites & vectors · 2020Pooled it
- Retrospective case-case study investigation of a significant increase inEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025Article
- Genetic diversity ofCurrent research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2025Article
- The Parasitism and Tumors Carcinogenesis: A Review Subject.Acta parasitologica · 2024Review
- Cryptosporidium species and subtypes identified in human domestic cases through the national microbiological surveillance programme in Sweden from 2018 to 2022.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Persisting symptoms after Cryptosporidium hominis outbreak: a 10-year follow-up from Östersund, Sweden.Parasitology research · 2023Article
- Controlled Human Infection Models To Accelerate Vaccine Development.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2022Review
- Outbreak of Cryptosporidium hominis in northern Sweden: persisting symptoms in a 5-year follow-up.Parasitology research · 2022Article
- Protozoan infections are under-recognized in Swedish patients with gastrointestinal symptoms.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2020Article
- Review
- Health sequelae of human cryptosporidiosis-a 12-month prospective follow-up study.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesIn 2010-2011, a large waterborne outbreak of Cryptosporidium hominis affected the city of Östersund in Sweden. Previous findings had suggested that gastrointestinal symptoms can persist for up to 11 months after the initial infection. Here we investigated whether the parasite could cause sequelae in infected individuals up to 28 months after the outbreak. We compared cases linked to the outbreak and the previous follow-up study with non-cases regarding symptoms present up to 28 months after the initial infection. We investigated whether cases were more likely to report a list of symptoms at follow-up compared to non-cases, calculating odds ratio and 95% confidence interval obtained through logistic regression.
resultsA total of 559 individuals (215 cases) were included in the study. Forty-eight percent of the outbreak cases reported symptoms at follow-up. Compared to non-cases, cases were more likely to report watery diarrhea, diarrhea, abdominal pain, fatigue, nausea, headache, or joint stiffness/pain/discomfort at follow-up after adjusting for age and sex. Our findings suggest that gastrointestinal symptoms and joint pain can persist several years after the initial Cryptosporidium infection and should be regarded as a potential cause of unexplained gastrointestinal symptoms or joint pain in people who have had this infection.
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