The Caldwell County Health Department has seen an increase in cryptosporidiosis, commonly known as “Crypto.”
The disease is caused by microscopic parasites called Cryptosporidium, which can be found on surfaces, including hands, or in food and water that have been contaminated with human or animal feces infected with the parasite.
Symptoms of Crypto generally
Residents who have come into contact with animals should take precautions
Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Karen Murphy today warned visitors to the Heaven on Earth Farm in Easton, Northampton County, of an outbreak of Cryptosporidium, an intestinal parasite that can cause severe diarrhea, related to infected manure at the farm.
“Cryptosporidium is
The Tennessee Department of Health is investigating multiple gastrointestinal disease reports among people who say they consumed raw milk prior to their illness. TDH has confirmed two cases of cryptosporidiosis in individuals in the Chattanooga/Hamilton County Region. Both cases of illness are associated with consumption of raw milk from a dairy cow share program. TDH
On Monday August 15, 2005, the Seneca Lake County Health Department called the manager of the Spraypark to find out whether Spraypark patrons had reported becoming ill. Behind that initial inquiry was State Department of Public Health recognition of the sudden spike in cases of cryptosporidiosis, especially in local day cares in the Seneca Lake
The Iowa Department of Public Health is warning Iowans to wash their hands and keep their sick children at home and out of the pool in light of a second diarrhea-causing illness that has sickened more than 200 people since June 1. A Thursday release said the department has received an increasing number of reports