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

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 X² and Mann-Whitney U tests to assess between-group differences in demographics and the mean number of symptom

SUBMITTER: Boks M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11762772 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature