Reduction of risk of watery diarrhea with point-of-use water filters during a massive outbreak of waterborne Cryptosporidium infection in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1993

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 549-553

  Addiss, David G ^a   Pond, Robert S ^b   Remshak, Mark ^c   Juranek, Dennis D ^a   Stokes, Susan ^a   Davis, Jeffrey P ^d  

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

^b BASICS   (United States)

^c Regional Offices   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; FEMALE; FILTER; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 0029980828     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.549     Document Type: Article

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