WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the number of cases of cryptosporidiosis in the United States increased 80 percent from 2006 to 2007 and then decreased 10 percent in 2008, according to awwa.org.
CDC largely attributes incidence of cases to exposure among children in swimming pools and other recreational waters on a seasonal basis, the article stated.
Particularly, CDC partially attributes the increase in cases reported for 2007 and 2008 to “multiple large recreational water-associated outbreaks.”
Noting that the increase during 2006–2008 “is a continuation of the fourfold increase in cryptosporidiosis since 2005,” CDC reported that from 1988 through 2006, “Cryptosporidium was identified as the causal agent of 41.8 percent (100 of 239) of reported recreational water-associated outbreaks and of 5.7 percent (13 of 229) of reported drinking water-associated outbreaks of gastroenteritis in the United States.”
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