Sporadic cryptosporidiosis case-control study with genotyping

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1241-1249

  Hunter, Paul R ^a,h   Hughes, Sara ^b   Woodhouse, Sarah ^b   Syed, Qutub ^b   Verlander, Neville Q ^c   Chalmers, Rachel M ^d   Morgan, Kenton ^e   Nichols, Gordon ^b   Beeching, Nick ^f   Osborn, Keith ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Communic Dis Survlnc Ctr N W ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNITED UTILITIES   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATTLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ICE CREAM; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; TOMATO; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE;

EID: 3042743249     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1007.030582     Document Type: Article

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