The role of disease transmission and conferred immunity in outbreaks: Analysis of the 1993 Cryptosporidium outbreak in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-72

  Eisenberg, Joseph N S ^a   Lei, Xiudong ^a   Hubbard, Alan H ^a   Brookhart, M Alan ^a   Colford Jr , John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Disease outbreaks; Disease transmission; Drinking; Models, theoretical; Water

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRINKING WATER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REVIEW; SEWAGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY; WISCONSIN;

MILWAUKEE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WISCONSIN; WORLD;

EID: 11144225828     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi005     Document Type: Review

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