Foodborne Outbreak of Diarrheal Illness Associated with Cryptosporidium parvum - Minnesota, 1995

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 45, Issue 36, 1996, Pages 783-784

  Besser Wiek, J W ^a   Forfang, J ^a   Hedberg, C W ^a   Korlath, J A ^a   Osterholm, M T ^a   Sterling, C R ^b   Garcia, L ^c,d  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CDC ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; MINNESOTA;

EID: 0030582260     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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