Epidemiology of anthroponotic and zoonotic human cryptosporidiosis in England and Wales, 2004-2006

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 700-712

  Chalmers, R M ^a   Smith, R ^b   Elwin, K ^a   Clifton Hadley, F A ^b   Giles, M ^b  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; epidemiology; human cases; risk factors; zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER SUPPLY; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ZOONOSIS;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WALES; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 79957773990     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810001688     Document Type: Article

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