Cryptosporidium, Cryptosporidiosis

Cryptosporidium ("Crypto") – fact sheet about Cryptosporidium

Cryptosporidium and Water: A Public Health Handbook [PDF - 1.12 MB] – handbook to help local health departments and water utilities prepare for and respond to reports of Cryptosporidium oocysts in tap water or a community’s source of drinking water

Outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis Associated with a Manmade Chlorinated Lake--Tarrant County, Texas, 2008. [PDF - 317 KB] – describes an assessment of cryptosporidiosis cases associated with a manmade lake in Texas

Parasites - Cryptosporidium (also known as "Crypto") – information about cryptosporidiosis

Prevalence of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia intestinalis in Swimming Pools, Atlanta, Georgia; EID – 2008 examination of public pools in Atlanta for the presence of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp.

MMWR - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports

Communitywide Cryptosporidiosis Outbreak --- Utah, 2007; MMWR – summary of a communitywide cryptosporidiosis outbreak in Utah

Cryptosporidiosis Outbreak at a Summer Camp --- North Carolina, 2009; MMWR – investigation of a cryptosporidiosis outbreak at a youth summer camp in North Carolina

Cryptosporidiosis Outbreaks Associated with Recreational Water Use --- Five States, 2006; MMWR – description of five laboratory-confirmed cryptosporidiosis outbreaks in 2006 that involved public recreational water use

Cryptosporidiosis Surveillance — United States, 2009–2010. MMWR – summary of nationwide cryptosporidiosis cases in 2009 and 2010

Cryptosporidiosis Surveillance -- United States, 2006-2008. MMWR – summary of nationwide cryptosporidiosis cases in 2006, 2007, and 2008

Cryptosporidiosis Surveillance -- United States, 2003-2005. MMWR – summary of cryptosporidiosis data from state and two metropolitan health departments collected during 2003 to 2005

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