The Department of Health is warning people who have had diarrhoea not to enter any swimming pool, water spray park or other aquatic facility for at ...

Farmers who handle livestock can also be at risk, as the infection can be caught from cows, goats and sheep – particularly lambs. Once they are swallowed, the Cryptosporidium shells break open ...

WA Health has issued a major health warning over cryptosporidiosis which has spread via swimming pools, childcare centres and ...

He homed in on a drug that can cure Cryptosporidium infections in livestock but has yielded mixed results in reptiles. In December and January, Pebbles gobbled down seven doses of the drug ...

Dr Carroll said people could take several measures to protect themselves and others against cryptosporidiosis infection. 'Be careful not to swallow water when swimming in any setting,' she said.

Farmers have been urged to check their livestock for cryptosporidiosis and carry out routine testing and vaccination to keep ...

Knowing the symptoms is half the battle against this illness. Cryptosporidiosis, an infection caused by a microscopic parasite, can be contracted by touching infected faeces and then placing ...

Contaminated food is the most common source of infection while contaminated ... Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium, diarrhoeagenic E. coli, Vibrio cholerae, Hepatitis A and E viruses, and Shigella.