Cryptosporidiosis can lead to violent diarrhoea and vomiting for weeks (Image: Getty Images) Brits have been issued an urgent warning as cases of a violent diarrhoea bug found in water have been detected across the UK. Confirmed cases of an illness caused by a waterborne parasite known as cryptosporidium have reached 77 with hundreds others reportedly falling ill . The parasite can cause a potentially dangerous illness called cryptosporidiosis which can lead to violent diarrhoea and vomiting for weeks and can be passed on from person to person.
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