The epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in New Zealand, 1997-2006

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1290, 2009, Pages 47-61

  Snel, Saskia J ^a   Baker, Michael G ^a   Venugopal, Kamalesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FARM ANIMAL; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TERRITORIALITY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ZOONOSIS; ADULT; ANIMAL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64049102724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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