Reducing illness transmission from disinfected recreational water venues: Swimming, diarrhea and the emergence of a new public health concern

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 866-870

  Castor, Mei Lin ^b   Beach, Michael J ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Education; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Giardia; Recreational water illnesses; Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli; Swimming; Swimming pools

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; WATER;

CHLORINATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; GIARDIA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL CONTROL; SWIMMING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWIMMING POOL; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOLS; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 6344238874     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000138081.84891.30     Document Type: Review

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