Cryptosporidiosis in Washington State: An outbreak associated with well water

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1372-1376

  Dworkin, Mark S ^a   Goldman, David P ^c   Wells, Thomas G ^c   Kobayashi, John M ^b   Herwaldt, Barbara L ^c  

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

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WELL WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0029826387     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.6.1372     Document Type: Article

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