Rates of notified cryptosporidiosis and quality of drinking water supplies in Aotearoa, New Zealand

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 3804-3812

  Duncanson, Mavis ^a   Russell, Nina ^a   Weinstein, Philip ^a   Baker, Michael ^a   Skelly, Chris ^b   Hearnden, Mark ^a   Woodward, Alistair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Communicable disease; Cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium parvum; Drinking water; Gastrointestinal disease; Waterborne disease

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ECOLOGY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER BACTERIOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; WATERBORNE DISEASES;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER;

DRINKING WATER; MICROORGANISM; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0034668331     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(00)00125-1     Document Type: Article

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