Cryptosporidiosis: An outbreak associated with drinking water despite state-of-the-art water treatment

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 459-468

  Goldstein, Susan T ^b   Juranek, Dennis D ^a   Ravenholt, Otto ^c   Hightower, Allen W ^a   Martin, Debra G ^c   Mesnik, June L ^c   Griffiths, Sean D ^c   Bryant, Angela J ^c   Reich, Rick R ^c   Herwaldt, Barbara L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Clark County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 13344275847     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00001     Document Type: Article

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