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Prior studies suggest that person-to-person spread may be an important pathway for transmission to young children. Here we describe a longitudinal cohort study of 100 families with infants to determine rates of cryptosporidiosis within households during the COVID-19 pandemic.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Families living in Mirpur, Bangladesh with one infant age 6-8 months were enrolled and followed with weekly illness survey and stool testing for Cryptosporidium for 8 months.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    From December 2020 to August 2021, 100 families were enrolled. Forty-four percent of index children, and 35% of siblings had at least one\n                    <jats:italic>Cryptosporidium<\/jats:italic>\n                    infection. Shedding of\n                    <jats:italic>Cryptosporidium<\/jats:italic>\n                    occurred for a mean of 19 days (sd 8.3 days) in index infants, 16.1 days (sd 11.6) in children 1-5 years, and 16.2 days (sd 12.8) in adults. A longer duration of\n                    <jats:italic>Cryptosporidium<\/jats:italic>\n                    shedding was associated with growth faltering in infants. There was a spike in\n                    <jats:italic>Cryptosporidium<\/jats:italic>\n                    cases in May 2021, which coincided with a spike in SARS-CoV-2 cases in the region.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    In this intensive, longitudinal study of\n                    <jats:italic>Cryptosporidium<\/jats:italic>\n                    infection in families we found high rates of cryptosporidiosis in infants and children, and prolonged parasite shedding, especially among malnourished children. These data support that transmission within the household is an important route of exposure for young infants, and that treatment of non-diarrheal infection to interrupt person-to-person transmission within the home may be essential for preventing cryptosporidiosis in infants.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>summary<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    Cryptosporidiosis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children. We followed 100 families with infants living in Bangladesh and studied the incidence of\n                    <jats:italic>Cryptosporidium<\/jats:italic>\n                    infection. We found prolonged\n                    <jats:italic>Cryptosporidium<\/jats:italic>\n                    shedding in stool was common among infants and adults.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1101\/2022.10.25.22281515","type":"posted-content","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,26]],"date-time":"2022-10-26T19:25:13Z","timestamp":1666812313000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Prospective cohort study of\n                  <i>Cryptosporidium<\/i>\n                  infection and shedding in infants and their households"],"prefix":"10.64898","author":[{"given":"Poonum","family":"Korpe","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhanmo","family":"Ni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mamun","family":"Kabir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Masud","family":"Alam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tahsin","family":"Ferdous","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rifat","family":"Ara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rebecca M.","family":"Munday","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rashidul","family":"Haque","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Priya","family":"Duggal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"54368","reference":[{"key":"2022102810150598000_2022.10.25.22281515v1.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(13)60844-2"},{"key":"2022102810150598000_2022.10.25.22281515v1.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pntd.0004564"},{"key":"2022102810150598000_2022.10.25.22281515v1.3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/cid\/ciy355"},{"key":"2022102810150598000_2022.10.25.22281515v1.4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1086\/315423"},{"key":"2022102810150598000_2022.10.25.22281515v1.5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S2214-109X(18)30283-3"},{"key":"2022102810150598000_2022.10.25.22281515v1.6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1039\/c6em00222f"},{"key":"2022102810150598000_2022.10.25.22281515v1.7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4415\/ANN_12_04_10"},{"key":"2022102810150598000_2022.10.25.22281515v1.8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM199503303321304"},{"key":"2022102810150598000_2022.10.25.22281515v1.9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1086\/315033"},{"key":"2022102810150598000_2022.10.25.22281515v1.10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/clinids\/21.1.57"},{"key":"2022102810150598000_2022.10.25.22281515v1.11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.7326\/0003-4819-103-6-886"},{"key":"2022102810150598000_2022.10.25.22281515v1.12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/cid\/cit288"},{"key":"2022102810150598000_2022.10.25.22281515v1.13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.15-0675"},{"issue":"10","key":"2022102810150598000_2022.10.25.22281515v1.14","first-page":"1515","article-title":"Effects of Water, Sanitation, Handwashing, and Nutritional Interventions on Child Enteric Protozoan Infections in Rural Bangladesh: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial","volume":"67","year":"2018","journal-title":"Clin Infect Dis"},{"key":"2022102810150598000_2022.10.25.22281515v1.15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Korpe PS , Gilchrist C , Burkey C , Taniuchi M , Ahmed E , Madan V , et al. 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