Hart C A, Baxby D, Blundell N
J Infect. 1984 Nov;9(3):264-70. doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(84)90574-7.
During a 10 months' survey of children with gastro-enteritis, 27 cases of cryptosporidiosis (1.4% of those tested) were found. Only one patient was infected with another potential enteropathogen. In most cases the faeces were described as green, watery and offensive. Clinical features also included anorexia, vomiting and abdominal pain. The diarrhoea was moderate to severe in 15 cases and resulted in dehydration in 9 patients of whom two were more than 5% dehydrated. The diarrhoea was prolonged and persisted on average for 13 days. Excretion of oocysts did not stop with cessation of diarrhoea but continued for a further 11 days. Human beings appeared to be as important a source for Cryptosporidium as animals and it seemed possible that patients were infective throughout the period that they were excreting oocysts.
在对患有肠胃炎的儿童进行为期10个月的调查期间，发现了27例隐孢子虫病（占检测病例的1.4%）。只有一名患者感染了另一种潜在的肠道病原体。在大多数情况下，粪便被描述为绿色、水样且有异味。临床特征还包括厌食、呕吐和腹痛。15例腹泻为中度至重度，9例患者出现脱水，其中2例脱水超过5%。腹泻持续时间较长，平均持续13天。腹泻停止后，卵囊排泄并未停止，而是又持续了11天。人类似乎与动物一样，是隐孢子虫的重要来源，而且患者在排出卵囊的整个期间似乎都具有传染性。
