Outbreaks of waterborne infectious intestinal disease in England and Wales, 1992-2003

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1141-1149

  Smith, Alan ^a   Reacher, M ^a   Smerdon, W ^a   Adak, G K ^a   Nichols, G ^a   Chalmers, R M ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; WATER;

ASTROVIRUS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHLORINATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWIMMING POOL; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; SWIMMING; WALES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33750310062     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806006406     Document Type: Review

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