The first reported outbreak of diarrheal illness associated with Cyclospora in the United States

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 409-414

  Huang, Philip ^a,b   Weber, J Todd ^a   Sosin, Daniel M ^a,c   Griffin, Patricia M ^a   Long, Earl G ^a   Murphy, John J ^a,d   Kocka, Frank ^a,d   Peters, Caryn ^a,d   Kallick, Charles ^a,d  

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

^b TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^d Mailstop F 41 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYCLOSPORA; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029115044     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-123-6-199509150-00002     Document Type: Article

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