1987 Carroll County cryptosporidiosis outbreak

Disease outbreak in Georgia, United States February 2025 1987 Carroll County cryptosporidiosis outbreak January 12–February 7, 1987 Carroll County, Georgia 33.58 -85.08 Carroll County Georgia.png Location of Carroll County within the state of Georgia Cases / Deaths: (as at end of outbreak) ~13,000 / 0 The 1987 Carroll County cryptosporidiosis outbreak was a significant distribution of the Cryptosporidium protozoan in Carroll County, Georgia.Large Community Outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis Due to Contamination of a Filtered Public Water Supply Hayes Edward B. Matte Thomas D. O'Brien Thomas R. McKinley Thomas W. Logsdon Gary S. Rose Joan B. Ungar Beth L.P. Word David M. Wilson Margaret A. Long Earl G. Hurwitz Eugene S. Juranek Dennis D. May 25, 1989 10.1056/NEJM198905253202103 New England Journal of Medicine 1372–1376 320 21 2716783 Between January 12 and February 7, 1987, approximately 13,000 of the 65,000 residents of the county suffered intestinal illness caused by the Cryptosporidium parasite.Fackelmann K. A. June 3, 1989 Scientists Nab Water-Polluting Parasite Science News https://www.sciencenews.org/archive/scientists-nab-water-polluting-parasite 17 August 2022 Cryptosporidiosis is characterized by watery diarrhea, stomach cramps or pain, dehydration, nausea, vomiting and fever.Cryptosporidiosis MedicineNet http://www.medicinenet.com/cryptosporidiosis/page2.htm#what_are_the_symptoms_of_cryptosporidiosis August 3, 2014 February 28, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130228015216/http://www.medicinenet.com/cryptosporidiosis/page2.htm#what_are_the_symptoms_of_cryptosporidiosis dead Symptoms typically last for 1–4 weeks in immunocompetent individuals. 23210393 2012 Cantey P. T. Outbreak of cryptosporidiosis associated with a man-made chlorinated lake--Tarrant County, Texas, 2008 Journal of Environmental Health 75 4 14–9 Kurian A. K. Jefferson D Moerbe M. M. Marshall K Blankenship W. R. Rothbarth G. R. Hwang J Hall R Yoder J Brunkard J Johnston S Xiao L Hill V. R. Sarisky J Zarate-Bermudez M. A. Otto C Hlavsa M. C. The parasite was found to have been transmitted through the public water supply.Microbe Survives Water Purification The Boston Globe Boston May 25, 1989 http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8122366.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140808120133/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8122366.html usurped August 8, 2014 August 2, 2014 subscription HighBeam Research State health authorities were first alerted to the situation by Mary R. Miles, a health center physician at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia. A subsequent investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the presence of Cryptosporidium in water samples taken from the municipal water system on January 28, February 4 and February 5. Edward B. Hayes, the lead epidemiologist from CDC, was unable to pinpoint the source of the contamination but "suspected" it was either "infected cattle bathing in a river" that supplied Carrollton's water or a sewage spill later discovered near the municipal water treatment plant. Dennis D. Juranek, also an epidemiologist at the CDC, observed that the treatment plant had at all times met the safe-water standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and questioned whether the standards were "tough enough to ensure that treatment plants snare passing microorganisms." Juranek said: "The Carrollton outbreak would seem to point out that if you're just meeting [EPA] standards, it's probably not adequate." It is believed that removal of mechanical agitators at the flocculation stage resulted in the passage of particulates.Kenneth A. Borchardt Michael A. Noble Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Epidemiology, Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment 25 June 1997 CRC Press 978-0-8493-9476-8 192 registration https://archive.org/details/sexuallytransmit0000unse_c4k1/page/192 See also 1993 Milwaukee Cryptosporidiosis outbreak References Carroll County cryptosporidiosis outbreak Category:1987 in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:1987 disease outbreaks Category:January 1987 in the United States Category:February 1987 in the United States Category:Cryptosporidiosis Category:Disease outbreaks in the United States Category:Carroll County, Georgia Category:Disasters in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:History of water supply and sanitation