A two-year follow-up survey of antibody to Cryptosporidium in Jackson County, Oregon following an outbreak of waterborne disease

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 213-217

  Frost, F J ^a   Calderon, R L ^b   Muller, T B ^a   Curry, M ^a   Rodman, J S ^a   Moss, D M ^c   De La Cruz, A A ^d  

^a SW Center for Managed Care Research ^*  (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NORMAL HUMAN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; OREGON; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0031689008     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026889800898X     Document Type: Article

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