Communitywide outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in rural missouri associated with attendance at child care centers

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 878-883

  Turabelidze, George ^a   Lin, Mei ^a   Weiser, Thomas ^b   Zhu, Bao Ping ^a  

^a MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS;

CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MISSOURI; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SWIMMING POOLS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34548420111     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.161.9.878     Document Type: Article

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