Epidemiologic and environmental investigation of a recreational water outbreak caused by two genotypes of Cryptosporidium parvum in Ohio in 2000

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 582-589

  Mathieu, Els ^a   Levy, Deborah A ^a   Veverka, Fran ^b   Parrish, Mary Kay ^c   Sarisky, John ^d   Shapiro, Nancy ^b   Johnston, Stephanie ^a   Handzel, Thomas ^a   Hightower, Allen ^a   Xiao, Lihua ^a   Lee, Yeuk Mui ^a   York, Steve ^c   Arrowood, Michael ^a   Lee, Robin ^d   Jones, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Delaware City Co Health Department   (United States)

^c OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DOCUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FILTER; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SAND; SWIMMING POOL; UNITED STATES;

BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 10044274282     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.582     Document Type: Article

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