An outbreak of cryptosporidiosis linked to a foodhandler

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 695-700

  Quiroz, Eva S ^a,b   Bern, Caryn ^c   MacArthur, John R ^a,c   Xiao, Lihua ^c   Fletcher, Madeleine ^d   Arrowood, Michael J ^c   Shay, David K ^b   Levy, Martin E ^d   Glass, Roger I ^b   Lal, Altaf ^c  

^a Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office   (United States)

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

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Department of Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DNA DETERMINATION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD HANDLING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 0034007755     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315279     Document Type: Article

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