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Increased number of cryptosporidiosis cases with travel history to Croatia might be related to swimming pools, Germany, 2023

Published:2024-01-04 Issue:1 Volume:29 Page:
ISSN:1560-7917
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Author:

Schoeps Anja¹²³^ORCID,Röbl Klara¹⁴^ORCID,Walter Nicole⁵,Neute Andrea⁶,Walter Bernadette⁴⁷,Freudenau Inga⁸,Jurke Annette⁸^ORCID,Klier Christiane⁹^ORCID,Heinmüller Petra¹⁰,Saeed Syamend⁴¹⁰,Metz Jasmin⁴¹¹,Wilking Hendrik¹²^ORCID,Zanger Philipp²³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

2. Federal State Agency for Consumer and Health Protection Rhineland-Palatinate, Koblenz, Germany

3. Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

4. Postgraduate Training for Applied Epidemiology (PAE), Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Germany

5. District Public Health Authority Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Ludwigshafen, Germany

6. Landesamt für Arbeitsschutz, Verbraucherschutz und Gesundheit (LAVG), Potsdam, Germany

7. Department for Health Protection, Infection Control and Epidemiology, State Health Office, Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Integration Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany

8. Landeszentrum Gesundheit Nordrhein-Westfalen, Fachgruppe Infektionsepidemiologie, Bochum, Germany

9. Niedersächsisches Landesgesundheitsamt, Abt. 2: Infektionsepidemiologie, Hannover, Germany

10. Hessisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Pflege (HLfGP), Abteilung 2 Gesundheits- und Infektionsschutz, Dillenburg, Germany

11. Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit, München, Germany

12. Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Germany

Abstract

In August and September 2023, an unusually high number of cryptosporidiosis cases identified by routine German surveillance had travelled to Croatia (n = 23). Nine cases had stayed in the same camping resort and seven further cases had stayed at other camping sites within 15 km. Based on our standardised questionnaires, the most likely source of infection was swimming pools (93%). Further environmental investigations on site might reveal potential common sources of contamination that could be targeted by control measures.

Publisher

European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

Subject

Virology,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Epidemiology

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