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Pool Parasite Sickening Swimmers Can Live For Days, CDC Warns Pool Parasite Sickening Swimmers Can Live For Days, CDC Warns
Pool Parasite Sickening Swimmers Can Live For Days, CDC Warns With the Fourth of July holiday here, health officials are warning Americans to take precautions due to the potential prevalence of parasites that have been on the rise in swimming pools. Cryptosporidium is a microscopic parasite that causes the diarrheal disease cryptosporidiosis, according to the CDC. Both the parasite and the disease are commonly known as “Crypto.” "The number of treated recreational water-associated outbreaks caused by cryptosporidium drives the summer seasonal peak in both waterborne cryptosporidiosis outbreaks and cryptosporidiosis outbreaks overall," according …

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by Zak Failla