Volume 17, Number 3—March 2011
Dispatch
Sporadic Human Cryptosporidiosis Caused by Cryptosporidium cuniculus, United Kingdom, 2007–2008
Rachel M. Chalmers
, Kristin Elwin, Stephen J. Hadfield, and Guy Robinson
, Kristin Elwin, Stephen J. Hadfield, and Guy Robinson
Appendix
Table. Demographic information on patients with sporadic Cryptosporidium spp. infection, by species, England, Wales, and Scotland, 2007–2008
| Characteristic | No. (%) patients |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. cuniculus infection, n = 37 | C. hominis infection, n = 1,383 | C. parvum infection, n = 1,506 | ||
| Year | ||||
| 2007 | 23 (62.2) | 461 (33.3) | 716 (47.5) | |
| 2008 |
14 (37.8) |
922 (66.7) |
790 (52.5) |
|
| Age, y | ||||
| 0–9 | 6 (16.2) | 581 (42.0) | 665 (44.2) | |
| 10–19 | 7 (18.9) | 195 (14.1) | 275 (18.3) | |
| 20–29 | 4 (10.8) | 190 (13.7) | 200 (13.3) | |
| 30–39 | 9 (24.3) | 223 (16.1) | 180 (12.0) | |
| 40–49 | 5 (13.5) | 96 (6.9) | 95 (6.3) | |
| 50–59 | 2 (5.4) | 33 (2.4) | 41 (2.7) | |
| 60–69 | 2 (5.4) | 35 (2.5) | 23 (1.5) | |
| >70 |
1 (2.7) |
10 (0.7) |
9 (0.6) |
|
| Sex | ||||
| M | 22 (59.5) | 616 (44.5) | 704 (46.7) | |
| F |
14 (37.8) |
736 (53.2) |
781 (51.9) |
|
| Month of diagnosis | ||||
| January | 1 (2.7) | 52 (3.8) | 53 (3.5) | |
| February | 1 (2.7) | 34 (2.5) | 38 (2.5) | |
| March | 0 | 20 (1.4) | 78 (5.2) | |
| April | 1 (2.7) | 26 (1.9) | 178 (11.8) | |
| May | 1 (2.7) | 30 (2.2) | 206 (13.7) | |
| June | 0 | 29 (2.1) | 133 (8.8) | |
| July | 2 (5.4) | 79 (5.7) | 110 (7.3) | |
| August | 11 (29.7) | 190 (13.7) | 133 (8.8) | |
| September | 6 (16.2) | 372 (26.9) | 171 (11.4) | |
| October | 8 (21.6) | 280 (20.2) | 171 (11.4) | |
| November | 3 (8.1) | 182 (13.2) | 148 (9.8) | |
| December |
3 (8.1) |
89 (6.4) |
87 (5.8) |
|
| Country | ||||
| England | 24 (64.9) | 888 (64.2) | 858 (57.0) | |
| Wales | 1 (2.7) | 188 (13.6) | 246 (16.3) | |
| Scotland |
12 (32.4) |
307 (22.2) |
402 (26.7) |
|
| Residence | ||||
| Government Office Region (England and Wales) | ||||
| Eastern | 9 (24.3) | 154 (11.1) | 154 (10.2) | |
| East Midlands | 3 (8.1) | 252 (18.2) | 129 (8.6) | |
| London | 0 | 13 (0.9) | 2 (0.1) | |
| North East | 0 | 22 (1.6) | 7 (0.5) | |
| North West | 3 (8.1) | 142 (10.3) | 137 (9.1) | |
| South East | 3 (8.1) | 71 (5.1) | 85 (5.6) | |
| South West | 3 (8.1) | 70 (5.1) | 149 (9.9) | |
| Wales | 1 (2.7) | 188 (13.6) | 246 (16.3) | |
| West Midlands | 2 (5.4) | 88 (6.4) | 146 (9.7) | |
| Yorkshire and Humber | 1 (2.7) | 76 (5.5) | 49 (3.3) | |
| Health Board (Scotland) | ||||
| Ayrshire and Arran | 0 | 20 (1.4) | 6 (0.4) | |
| Borders | 0 | 3 (0.2) | 29 (1.9) | |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1 (2.7) | 17 (1.2) | 50 (3.3) | |
| Fife | 0 | 9 (0.7) | 15 (1.0) | |
| Forth Valley | 0 | 25 (1.8) | 16 (1.1) | |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 3 (8.1) | 55 (4.0) | 52 (3.5) | |
| Grampian | 4 (10.8) | 49 (3.5) | 81 (5.4) | |
| Highland | 1 (2.7) | 7 (0.5) | 34 (2.3) | |
| Lanarkshire | 0 | 23 (1.7) | 12 (0.8) | |
| Lothian | 3 (8.1) | 53 (3.8) | 45 (3.0) | |
| Orkney | 0 | 2 (0.1) | 8 (0.5) | |
| Shetland | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tayside | 0 | 44 (3.2) | 54 (3.6) | |
| Western Isles | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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