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Cryptosporidium
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Food Safety News
Firefighters Hit by ‘Crypto’ After Calf Barn Fire
Fighting fires is hazardous duty, but for 20 Indiana and Michigan firefighters an unexpected risk was being sickened by Cryptosporidium.Their story is told in the Centers for Disease Control and…
Food Safety News
Shigella, Crypto Illnesses Reported in Kentucky
By News Desk
Outbreaks of two organisms that cause diarrhea prompted the Northern Kentucky Health Department to issue a health alert last week, asking people to wash hands thoroughly, and to stay home…
Shigella Blog
Shigella and Cryptosporidium Hit Kentucky
By Bill Marler
The Northern Kentucky Health Department says there is an outbreak of Shigella and Cryptosporidium, both are illnesses that hits kids hard where they play—at day cares and pools. There have…
E. coli Blog
E. coli Outbreak at Opelika Splash Park in Alabama
The Alabama Department of Public Health continues its investigation of the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in Lee County. Six children who played in the Splash Park and Aquatic Center in…
Worms & Germs Blog
Cryptosporidiosis and petting zoos: England and Wales
By Scott Weese
Petting zoos are very common in the UK (as in many other regions), where approximately 2 million people visit 1000 different petting zoos every year. While the vast majority of…
Food Poison Journal
Minnesota raw milk woes continue
By Bill Marler
Early last summer, at least 8 people were infected by E. coli O157:H7 after consuming raw milk produced at the Hartmann dairy farm in Sibley County. Environmental and animal samples…
Marler Blog
Minnesota Links Campylobacter and Cryptosporidium illnesses to Hartmann Dairy
By Bill Marler
Minnesota state health officials reported today that routine disease surveillance has detected additional illnesses linked to consumption of raw dairy products from the Hartmann dairy farm in Sibley County. According…
Food Poison Journal
Water outbreaks: Saratoga Springs, Utah; Alamosa, Colorado; and Jackson, Missouri
By Bill Marler
Saratoga Springs, Utah campylobacter outbreak: The City of Saratoga Springs, Utah is the site of campylobacter outbreak linked to drinking water. The outbreak has caused at least 12 confirmed illnesses,…
Worms & Germs Blog
Cryptosporidiosis from wildlife centre lambs
By Scott Weese
The May 2010 edition of Emerging Infectious Diseases contains a report about an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in Scotland (McGuigan et al. 2010). Cryptosporidiosis is a common parasitic disease caused by Cryptosporidium,…
Food Poison Journal
Belgium, Wisconsin E. coli O157:H7, Cryptosporidium, and Clostridium difficile illnesses
By Bill Marler
The E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in Belgium, Wisconsin has sickened at least 6 kids (one who developed HUS) seems to have several well-defined epidemiological circumstances that may help the State of…