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Ms. Blobel informs you that this
disease is caused by a microbe, a protozoan called Cryptosporidium, that enters
a person's body by mouth, grows in the intestinal tract to make you sick, and is
recovered in the feces of sick persons. The
disease is transmitted by others coming in contact with the fecal matter from
contaminated people. Animals also can carry microbe
and transmit the disease. These
animals can be domestic, such as dairy cows, or wild animals including deer and
beavers. Ms. Blobel informs you that people can become infected by
several routes. One route is
contamination of the municipal drinking water supply with fecal matter from
animals or humans. But other routes
include contact with fecal matter from other children at the Center.
This could occur during changing diapers or from the children not washing
their hands after bathroom visits and touching toys that other children put in
their mouth. Another possibility
would be if any children came in contact with animal droppings on the nursery
school playground and again do not wash their hands. You ask Ms. Blobel how to
protect the other children and the staff and the Center. Copyright April, 1997, Edward F. Rossomando
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