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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2024

Marked increase in cryptosporidiosis cases, Spain, 2023.

Marina Peñuelas Martinez, David Carmena, Bernardo R Guzmán Herrador, Margarita Palau Miguel, Gabriela Saravia Campelli, Rosa María García Álvarez, María Guerrero-Vadillo, Alejandro Dashti, Pamela C Köster, Esperanza Guevara Alemany and 6 more

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Emerging microbes & infections · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Marina Peñuelas MartinezCIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain.
David CarmenaThese authors contributed equally to the work and share first authorship.
Bernardo R Guzmán HerradorThese authors contributed equally to the work and share first authorship.
Margarita Palau MiguelGeneral Subdirectorate of Environmental Health, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain.
Gabriela Saravia CampelliCoordinating Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain.
Rosa María García ÁlvarezHospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago (A Coruña), Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
María Guerrero-VadilloCIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain.
Alejandro DashtiNational Centre of Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain.
Pamela C KösterFaculty of Medicine, Alfonso X El Sabio University (UAX), Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain.
Esperanza Guevara AlemanyGeneral Subdirectorate of Environmental Health, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain.
Fernando Simón SoriaCoordinating Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain.
Isabel Fuentes CorripioThese authors contributed equally to the work and share last authorship.
Carmen Varela MartínezThese authors contributed equally to the work and share last authorship.
María José Sierra MorosThese authors contributed equally to the work and share last authorship.
working group for the National Surveillance NetworkThe members of the working group for the National Surveillance Network are listed under Collaborators.
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Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BackgroundBy mid-September 2023, several event notifications related to cryptosporidiosis had been identified from different regions in Spain. Therefore, a request for urgent notification of cryptosporidiosis cases to the National Surveillance Network was launched.AimWe aimed at assessing the extent of the increase in cases, the epidemiological characteristics and the transmission modes and compared to previous years.MethodsWe analysed data on case notifications, outbreak reports and genotypes focusing on June-October 2023 and compared the results to 2016-2022.ResultsIn 2023, 4,061 cryptosporidiosis cases were notified in Spain, which is an increase compared to 2016-2022. The cumulative incidence was 8.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 2023, sixfold higher than the median of 1.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants 2016-2022. Almost 80% of the cases were notified between June and October. The largest outbreaks were related to contaminated drinking water or swimming pools.

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CryptosporidiosisCryptosporidiumDisease OutbreaksAdolescentAdultAgedChildChild, PreschoolDisease NotificationDrinking WaterFecesFemaleGenotypeHumansIncidenceInfantDrinking WaterCryptosporidiumincreaseoutbreakSpainsurveillancewaterborne infection

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