Did Milwaukee experience waterborne cryptosporidiosis before the large documented outbreak in 1993?

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 264-270

  Morris, Robert D ^a   Naumova, Elena N ^a   Griffiths, Jeffrey K ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidiosis; Epidemics; Gastroenteritis; Hospital admissions; Water; Water turbidity

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBIDITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031901701     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199805000-00009     Document Type: Article

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