Declining prevalence of cryptosporidiosis in San Francisco

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 655-656

  Kim, Lawrence S ^a,b   Keith Hadley, W ^a,b   Stansell, John ^a,b   Cello, John P ^a,b   Koch, Johannes ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031666798     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517147     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Laughon B, Druckman D, Vernon A, Quinn T, Polk B, Modlin J. Prevalence of enteric pathogens in homosexual men with and without acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Gastroenterology 1988;94:984-93.
2. Rene E, Marche C, Régnier B, Saimot A. Intestinal infections in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. A prospective study in 132 patients. Dig Dis Sei 1989;34:773-80.
3. Wuhib T, Suva T, Newman R, Garcia L, Pereira M, Chaves C. Cryptosporidial and microsporidial infections in human immunodeficiency virus infected patients in northeastern Brazil. J Infect Dis 1994; 170:494-7.
4. Cryptosporidium white paper. A San Francisco Water Department Water Quality Planning Study. 3rd ed. Walnut Creek, CA: Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc., 1995:9-18.
5. Koch W. Germs flow from U.S. faucets. San Francisco Examiner 1996 Dec 1; A:l.
6. Krieger L. Water supply can be source of perilous "bug." San Francisco Examiner 1996 Jan 10;A:2.
7. MacKenzie W, Hoxie M, Proctor M, et al. A massive outbreak in Milwaukee of cryptosporidium infection transmitted through the public water supply. N Engl J Med 1994;331:161-7.