A modified case-control study of cryptosporidiosis (using non-Cryptosporidium-infected enteric cases as controls) in a community setting

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1789-1799

  Pintar, K D M ^a,b   Pollari, F ^a,b   Waltner Toews, D ^b   Charron, D F ^b,c   McEwen, S A ^b   Fazil, A ^a,b   Nesbitt, A ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case control; Cryptosporidium; Exposure factors; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FAMILY; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LAKE; LISTERIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RIVER; SALMONELLOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLOSIS; SWIMMING; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WATER SUPPLY; YERSINIOSIS; ANIMAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GASTROENTERITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449720904     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809990197     Document Type: Article

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