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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2006, p. 2218-2220, Vol. 72, No. 3
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.72.3.2218-2220.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Cryptosporidium parvum Infections in Bergen, Norway, during an Extensive Outbreak of Waterborne Giardiasis in Autumn and Winter 2004{dagger}

L. J. Robertson,1* T. Forberg,1 L. Hermansen,1 B. K. Gjerde,1 J. O. Alvsvåg,2 and N. Langeland2

Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, 0033 Oslo, Norway,1 Unit for Infectious Diseases and Parasitology, Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, 5021 Bergen, Norway2

Received 3 October 2005/ Accepted 16 December 2005

During a large waterborne giardiasis outbreak in Norway, many diarrheic patients were found to have Cryptosporidium infections. Gene sequencing identified these infections as Cryptosporidium parvum infections, although they were not identical. Whether these infections were due to a simultaneous outbreak of waterborne cryptosporidiosis or reflected background levels not normally detected is discussed.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, PO Box 8146 Dep, 0033 Oslo, Norway. Phone: 47 22964966. Fax: 47 22964965. E-mail: lucy.robertson{at}veths.no

{dagger} Supplemental material for this article may be found at http://aem.asm.org/.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2006, p. 2218-2220, Vol. 72, No. 3
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.72.3.2218-2220.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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