Community surveys of self-reported diarrhoea can dramatically overestimate the size of outbreaks of waterborne cryptosporidiosis

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 27-30

  Hunter, P R ^a   Syed, Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Cryptosporidiosis; Epidemiology; Milwaukee; Outbreak; Waterborne

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; POTABLE WATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

WATERBORNE OUTBREAK;

WATER QUALITY;

DRINKING WATER;

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; RESERVOIR; SELF ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY;

COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LAKE; OOCYST; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESERVOIR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ENGLAND (CUMBRIA); LAKE DISTRICT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034911492     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2001.0707     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (10)

1. CDC/USDA/FDA Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network and CDC's Emerging Infections Program
2. Concepts of validity in epidemiological research
3. A study of illness in a group of Cleveland families. XI. The occurrence of gastrointestinal symptoms
4. A massive outbreak in Milwaukee of Cryptosporidium infection transmitted through the public water supply
5. The Tecumseh study: XI. Occurrence of acute enteric illness in the community
6. Surveillance of outbreaks of waterborne infectious disease: Categorizing levels of evidence
7. Study of infectious intestinal disease in England: Rates in the community, presenting to general practice, and reported in national surveillance