# Cryptosporidium outbreak — Massachusetts, 2017-10
> **Animal contact** · Confirmed · 3 ill / 0 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-13d0740e4d7f
- **Date:** 2017-10
- **State:** Massachusetts
- **Primary mode:** Animal contact
- **Etiology:** Cryptosporidium
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** School/college/university
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 3
- **Hospitalizations:** 0
- **Deaths:** 0
## Animal contact

- **Animal type:** Cattle

## Source
- [NORS Dashboard](https://wwwn.cdc.gov/norsdashboard/)
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