Cryptosporidiosis in Finland is predominantly of domestic origin: investigation of increased reporting, 1995–2020

Autor: Kristiina A. Suominen, Marit Björkstrand, Jukka Ollgren, Tiina J. Autio, Ruska Rimhanen-Finne
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Infectious Diseases. 55:116-124
ISSN: 2374-4243
2374-4235
DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2022.2136749
Popis: Cryptosporidiosis is gastroenteritis caused byWe describe demographics of cryptosporidiosis cases notified to Finnish Infectious Disease Register (FIDR) during a 21-year surveillance period, 1995-2020, and a retrospective investigation of increased cryptosporidiosis in Ostrobothnian hospital districts in summer 2018.Incidence of cryptosporidiosis during the period 2017-2020 represented 20-fold increase from the period 1995-2016, with the highest incidence detected in Ostrobothnia. In 2018, cryptosporidiosis in Ostrobothnia was associated with living on or visiting a farm where the production animals had diarrhoea, noticing more flies than usual, gardening or handling manure and having a family member with gastroenteritis. Four gp60 subtypes were identified in patient samples: IIaA18G1R1, IIaA15G2R1, IIaA13G2R1 and IIaA15G1R1.In Finland
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