Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37349848›Full record

ArticleActa veterinaria Scandinavica2023

Cryptosporidium parvum: an emerging occupational zoonosis in Finland.

Tuulia Enbom, Kristiina Suominen, Sirpa Laitinen, Jukka Ollgren, Tiina Autio, Ruska Rimhanen-Finne

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Acta veterinaria Scandinavica, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. From rare to recognized: enhanced detection uncoversEmerging microbes & infections · 2025
    Article
  6. Article
  7. Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2025
    Review
  8. Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2025
    Article
  9. Review
  10. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tuulia Enbom *Animal Health Diagnostic Unit, Finnish Food Authority, Neulaniementie 4, Kuopio, Finland.
Kristiina Suominen *Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Mannerheimintie 166, Helsinki, Finland. kristiina.suominen@thl.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3596-809X
Sirpa LaitinenOccupational Safety, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Neulaniementie 4, Kuopio, Finland.
Jukka OllgrenDepartment of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Mannerheimintie 166, Helsinki, Finland.
Tiina AutioAnimal Health Diagnostic Unit, Finnish Food Authority, Neulaniementie 4, Kuopio, Finland.
Ruska Rimhanen-FinneDepartment of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Mannerheimintie 166, Helsinki, Finland.
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare · FIFinnish Food Authority · FIFinnish Institute of Occupational Health · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCryptosporidiosis has increased in recent years in Finland. We aimed to identify risk factors for human cryptosporidiosis and to determine the significance of Cryptosporidium parvum as a causative agent. Based on notifications to the Finnish Infectious Disease Register (FIDR), we conducted a case-control study and genotyped Cryptosporidium species from patient samples from July to December 2019. We also retrieved the occupational cryptosporidiosis cases from 2011 to 2019 from the Finnish Register of Occupational Diseases (FROD).

resultsOf 272 patient samples analyzed, 76% were C. parvum and 3% C. hominis. In the multivariable logistic regression analysis of 82 C. parvum cases and 218 controls, cryptosporidiosis was associated with cattle contact (OR 81, 95% confidence interval (CI) 26-251), having a family member with gastroenteritis (OR 34, 95% CI 6.2-186), and spending time at one's own vacation home (OR 15, 95% CI 4.2-54). Of the cases, 65% had regular cattle contact. The most common gp60 subtypes identified were IIaA15G2R1 and IIaA13G2R1. In FROD, 68 recognized occupational cryptosporidiosis cases were registered in 2011-2019.

conclusionsC. parvum is the most common Cryptosporidium species found in humans in Finland and poses a moderate to high risk of occupational infection for people working with cattle. The number of occupational notifications of cryptosporidiosis increased between 2011 and 2019. Cryptosporidiosis should be recognized as an important occupational disease among persons working with livestock in Finland, criteria to identify occupational cryptosporidiosis need to be created, and occupational safety in cattle-related work should be improved.

Indexed as

Cattle DiseasesCryptosporidiosisCryptosporidiumCryptosporidium parvumAnimalsCase-Control StudiesCattleFecesFinlandGenotypeHumansZoonosesBiological AgentsCryptosporidiosisGp60 subtypesOccupational HealthRisk factorsZoonoses

Identifiers

PMID37349848
PMCPMC10286481
OpenAlexW4381682532

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.