Causes of outbreaks associated with drinking water in the United States from 1971 to 2006

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 507-528

  Craun, Gunther F ^a   Brunkard, Joan M ^b   Yoder, Jonathan S ^b   Roberts, Virginia A ^b,c,d   Carpenter, Joe ^b   Wade, Tim ^e   Calderon, Rebecca L ^e   Roberts, Jacquelin M ^b   Beach, Michael J ^b   Roy, Sharon L ^b  

^a Gunther F Craun and Associates   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; DRINKING WATER; WATER;

EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEGIONELLA; PARASITE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIRUS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TRANSMISSION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 77954566298     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: 10986618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.00077-09     Document Type: Review

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