Contaminated water caused the first outbreak of giardiasis in Finland, 2007: A descriptive study

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 613-619

  Rimhanen Finne, Ruska ^a   Hänninen, Marja Liisa ^b   Vuento, Risto ^c   Laine, Janne ^a,c   Jokiranta, T Sakari ^b   Snellman, Marja ^a   Pitkänen, Tarja ^a   Miettinen, Ilkka ^a   Kuusi, Markku ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; WATER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FILTRATION; FINLAND; FLATULENCE; GASTROENTERITIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; OXIDATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALMONELLA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; URTICARIA; VOMITING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGED; EPIDEMIC; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954812280     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365541003774608     Document Type: Article

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