Cryptosporidiosis outbreak smashes records with 13,400 cases this year
The previous record was 5421 cases back in 2016, according to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.
Doctors have diagnosed over 13,400 cryptosporidiosis cases this year, 3.5 times higher than last year’s total case count and 2.5 times higher than the previous annual record.
“We believe the spike is due to a combination of changing weather patterns and an increase in recreational water activities,” said Associate Professor Vincent Ho, a gastroenterologist and academic at Western Sydney University.
