The impact of climate variability and change on cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis rates in New Zealand

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 561-571

  Britton, Emma ^a   Hales, Simon ^b   Venugopal, Kamalesh ^b   Baker, Michael G ^b  

^a Department of Public Health University of Otago Wellington ^*  (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate; Cryptosporidiosis; Giardiasis; Rain; Temperature; Water supply

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROTOZOAN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; GIARDIASIS; NEW ZEALAND; PROTOZOON; RURAL AREA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; ANIMAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77956252448     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2010.049     Document Type: Article

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