Cryptosporidiosis from a community swimming pool: Outbreak investigation and follow-up study

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1651-1654

  Boehmer, T K ^a,b   Alden, N B ^b   Ghosh, T S ^b   Vogt, R L ^b  

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

^b Tri County Health Department Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Community outbreaks; Cryptosporidium; Disinfection; Epidemiology; Water borne infections

Indexed keywords

NITAZOXANIDE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; FATIGUE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; NAUSEA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SWALLOWING; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING; WATER CONTAMINATION; INCIDENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SWIMMING POOLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349562520     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809002696     Document Type: Article

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