Long-term symptoms in children after a Cryptosporidium hominis outbreak in Sweden: a 10-year follow-up.

Marije Boks, Mikael Lilja, Anna Lindam, Micael Widerström, Angelica Persson, Pontus Karling, Malin Sjöström

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Marije BoksDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. marije.boks@umu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1216-2440

Mikael LiljaDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Unit of Research, Education and Development-Östersund, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5203-9877

Anna LindamDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Unit of Research, Education and Development-Östersund, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6230-0354

Micael WiderströmDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1483-4255

Angelica PerssonDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-4441-5420

Pontus KarlingDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5607-0118

Malin SjöströmDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0868-6249

Funding

County Council Jämtland Härjedalen JLL-939404County Council Jämtland Härjedalen JLL-990885VISARE NORR Fund VISARENORR967799

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Abstract

In 2010, a Cryptosporidium hominis outbreak resulted in 27,000 clinical cryptosporidiosis cases (45% of the population) in Östersund, Sweden. Long-term abdominal and joint symptoms are common following cryptosporidiosis in adults, and it can affect the development of children in low-income countries. We investigated the potential consequences for children in a high-income setting. In 2011, we prospectively surveyed 600 randomly selected children aged 0-5 years from Östersund. Cases were defined as respondents reporting new episodes of diarrhoea during the outbreak. After 10 years, respondents received a follow-up questionnaire about long-term symptoms (n = 423). We used X

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CryptosporidiosisCryptosporidiumDisease OutbreaksChild, PreschoolDiarrheaFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleProspective StudiesSurveys and QuestionnairesSwedenCryptosporidiumDisease outbreaksPaediatric infectionsPost-infectious symptomsSequelae

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PMID39862254

DOI10.1007/s00436-025-08455-7

PMCPMC11762772

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