Surveillance for laboratory-confirmed sporadic cases of cyclosporiasis - United States, 1997-2008

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 60, Issue SS-2, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Hall, Rebecca L ^a,b   Jones, Jeffrey L ^b   Herwaldt, Barbara L ^b  

^a ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955439252     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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