An analysis of the Milwaukee cryptosporidiosis outbreak based on a dynamic model of the infection process

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 255-263

  Eisenberg, Joseph N S ^a,b   Seto, Edmund Y W ^a   Colford Jr , John M ^a   Olivieri, Adam ^b   Spear, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Eisenberg Olivieri and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological models; Computer simulation; Cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium; Disease outbreaks; Water microbiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031924801     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199805000-00008     Document Type: Article

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