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CRYPTOSPORIDIUM
SE Advisory Council Carlow 4th July, 2007
Tony McNallyProject Co-ordinator
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What is it?
• Not new – not a bacterium or virus. Protozoan parasite.
(Plasmodium – 300M worldwide : Toxoplasma – 60M US)
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Is there just one type?
• Many species – not all infect humans
• Parasite is found in mammals, birds, fish and reptiles
• C. hominis (man) C. parvum (cattle and man)
(C. andersoni, C. rabbit, C. muris)
• Found throughout the world
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What does it do?3rd Most Common Cause of
Infective Diarrhoea (England / Wales)
Cryptosporidiosis symptoms - profuse watery diarrhoea / abdminal pain / fever / nausea
• Oocyst (4- 6 μM) Ingested• Lifecycle in 1 host• Cannot grow outside the
host• Excysts in GI tract• Environment - Oocyst
resistant
7 days
1 – 2 weeks
Several weeks
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Why is it a problem?• Waterborne – small size, survive for long
periods & chlorine resistant
• AIDS and Immunocompromised – chronic and life threatening
(Some drugs and treatments effective)
• Milwaukee – 1993: 400,000 ill and 100 deaths
• January 2004 - Cryptosporidiosis became a notifiable disease in Ireland
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Irish Outbreaks• Greater Belfast – April (129 cases) /August (117 cases) 2000 &
April 2001 (230 cases).
• Mullingar – April 2002; 26 cases. Lough Owel services 25,000 people including 4 hospitals, 4 nursing homes, 331 food premises and 39 pre-school facilities and schools.
• Carlow Town - March 2005 – 31 Cases (8 hospitalised) Surface Water Supplies – Crypto present (0.009 – 0.28/10l) (Private Well and animal contact also implicated)
• Portlaw, Waterford Oct 2006 – 8 cases (1 hospitalised) Groundwater Borehole/Spring – Crypto present (0.01 – 0.21/10l) UV installed
• Galway City - March 2007 – 236 cases (1.12oocysts/10L)
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How do you know it’s present?• DIFFICULTIES - Small size / relatively low concentration in
environment / separation from other particles
• Water sampling - Analysis
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How can we prevent it?
• Identify Risks (Scottish Model)
• Catchment Management
• Storage
• Treatment - Solid Liquid Separation***
• Disinfection
• Distribution System Integrity
• Monitor (Crypto/Works)
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Report of Waterborne Cryptosporidiosis
Subcommittee of the Scientific Advisory Committee
NDSC November 2004
Crytosporidium PathwayPathway
Surface water
River
Lake
Estuary
Sea
Groundwater
Aquifer
Well
Borehole
Surface water
River
Lake
Estuary
Sea
Groundwater
Aquifer
Well
Borehole
Infected Humans
Infected
Animals
Infected Humans
Infected
Animals
UWWTP Septic Tank Proprietary
Treatment System
Sludge disposal
Slurry spreading
Animal droppings
Contact with
infected animals
ReceptorSource
Human origin
Animal origin
DirectDischarge
Through the soil
Over the ground
On Site Wastewater
Treatment System Measures
Municipal Discharges Measures
Nitrates Action Plan Measures