The Las Vegas: Cryptosporidiosis outbreak

Journal / American Water Works Association

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 95-106

  Roefer, Peggy A ^a,b,c   Monscvitz, J T ^a   Rexing, David J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY   (United States)

^b American Society for Microbiology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTOZOA; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; ETIOLOGIC AGENT; INFLUENT WATER QUALITY; OOCYSTS; TAP WATER; TURBIDITY; UNITED STATES; WATERBORNE OUTBREAKS;

POTABLE WATER;

EID: 0030243067     PISSN: 0003150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1996.tb06616.x     Document Type: Article

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