New Zealand has some of the highest reported rates of gut infections caused by cryptosporidium and giardia according to just published research by the University of Otago Wellington (UOW).
The two papers published in the New Zealand Medical Journal are the first comprehensive epidemiological analyses of the incidence of these gut infections in New Zealand since they were made notifiable by law in 1996. The research used anonymous notification and hospitalisation data.
The paper on cryptosporidium infections showed that annual notification rate between 1997-2006 averaged 22.0 cases per 100 000, much higher than Australia (15.8) UK (8.5), USA (3.0) and Germany (1.6).
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