Using infectious intestinal disease surveillance data to explore illness aetiology; a cryptosporidiosis case study

Health and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 333-339

  Lake, Iain R ^a   Nichols, Gordon ^b   Harrison, Florence C D ^a   Bentham, Graham ^a   Sari Kovats, R ^d   Grundy, Chris ^d   Hunter, Paul R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crypsorpodisiodis; Environment; GIS; Surveillance data; Water supply

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ETIOLOGY; GIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; RURAL AREA; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; ENTEROPATHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER TREATMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54549102039     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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