First reported outbreak in the United States of cryptosporidiosis associated with a recreational lake

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-33

  Kramer, Michael H ^a   Sorhage, Faye E ^c   Goldstein, Susan T ^c   Dalley, Elaine ^c   Wahlquist, Susanne P ^c   Herwaldt, Barbara L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; RUNOFF;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031952587     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516271     Document Type: Article

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