Large Community Outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis Due to Contamination of a Filtered Public Water Supply

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 320, Issue 21, 1989, Pages 1372-1376

  Hayes, Edward B ^a   Matte, Thomas D ^a   O'brien, Thomas R ^a   Mckinley, Thomas W ^b   Logsdon, Gary S ^c   Rose, Joan B ^d   Ungar, Beth L p ^e   Word, David M ^f   Wilson, Margaret A ^g   Long, Earl G ^a   Hurwitz, Eugene S ^a   Juranek, Dennis D ^a   Fishman, Alfred P ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f Georgia Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^g MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; FUNGUS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0024394932     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198905253202103     Document Type: Article

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