cryptosporidiosis

[krip-toh-spawr-i-dahy-oh-sis, ‑-spohr‑]

noun

Pathology.

1. a disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Cryptosporidium, characterized by fever and gastrointestinal symptoms and typically spread via contaminated drinking water.

Example Sentences

More than 100 cases of cryptosporidiosis were linked to the outbreak, which caused sickness and diarrhoea, in May 2024.

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There were 17 outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis linked to farms in England and Wales in 2024 and an outbreak in south Wales earlier this year has seen dozens of people fall ill.

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Public Health Wales said individual cases of cryptosporidiosis linked to visits to Cowbridge Farm Shop at Marlborough Grange Farm in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, this spring had now risen to 89 people.

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Another farm visited in 2023 had also failed to implement recommendations from a previous inspection, which led to another outbreak of cryptosporidiosis, while another farm, due to host a school visit a few days after inspection, was found to be failing.

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At least 46 cases of cryptosporidiosis were confirmed and more than 100 other people reported similar symptoms, the U.K.

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