The Portland Water Bureau continues to detect cryptosporidium, a potentially disease-causing microorganism, in the Bull Run ...
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So far this year, the WA Health Department has been notified of 66 cases of the parasitic disease, or more than two a day.
An urgent health warning has been issued for those in Victoria, Australia after a surge in cases of the highly infectious ...
Cryptosporidium infections are likely underdiagnosed in industrialised ... 80 Although there are no guidelines for water treatment for immunocompromised hosts, because disease in these individuals can ...
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The Department of Health is advising locals not to swim in public swimming pools for at least two weeks if they have had diarrhoea, as cases of cryptosporidiosis (‘crypto’) begin to increase across ...
Four cryptosporidium species are capable of infecting cattle, but the main disease-causing species is C.parvum. Humans can also be infected with cryptosporidium when handling infected cattle.
Victorians are being urged to be cautious about using public swimming pools, as cases of a highly infectious diarrhoeal ...
Dozens of cases of a parasitic infection have been recorded in Victoria in the first three weeks of the year, putting swimmers in the state on notice.