Title
Extended outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in a pediatric hospital, China
Date Issued
01 February 2012
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades
Abstract
Four Cryptosporidium spp. and 6 C. hominis subtypes were isolated from 102 of 6,284 patients in 3 pediatric hospitals in People's Republic of China. A cryptosporidiosis outbreak was identified retrospectively. The outbreak lasted >1 year and affected 51.4% of patients in 1 hospital ward, where 2 C. hominis subtypes with different virulence were found.
Start page
312
End page
314
Volume
18
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Políticas de salud, Servicios de salud
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84863047160
PubMed ID
Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases
ISSN of the container
10806059
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus