Outbrak of toxoplasmosis associated with municipal drinking water

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Volumn 350, Issue 9072, 1997, Pages 173-177

  Bowie, William R ^a,e   King, Arlene S ^b   Werker, Denise H ^b,c   Isaac Renton, Judith L ^a,b   Bell, Alison ^b   Eng, Steven B ^d   Marion, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^d Capital Regional District   (Canada)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RAIN; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; RETINITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TURBIDITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031578297     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)11105-3     Document Type: Article

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