The changing epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in North West England

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 785-793

  Sopwith, Will ^a   Osborn, K ^b   Chalmers, R ^c   Regan, M ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED UTILITIES   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WALES; WATER SUPPLY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 26944443789     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805004772     Document Type: Article

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