Serological responses to Cryptosporidium antigens among users of surface- vs. ground-water sources

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1131-1138

  Frost, F J ^a   Kunde, T R ^a   Muller, T B ^a   Craun, G F ^b   Katz, L M ^d   Hibbard, A J ^e   Calderon, R L ^c  

^a LOVELACE CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Gunther F Craun and Associates   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center   (United States)

^e AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; PARASITE ANTIGEN; SURFACE WATER; WELL WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHLORINATION; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OOCYST; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYSTS; RIVERS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEWAGE; URBAN POPULATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 1042304237     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268803001341     Document Type: Article

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