The seasonality of human cryptosporidiosis in New Zealand

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1383-1387

  Lake, I R ^a   Pearce, J ^b   Savill, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOSTATISTICS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LIVESTOCK; NEW ZEALAND; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; SYMPTOM;

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEW ZEALAND; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 52249097176     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807009922     Document Type: Article

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