Retrospective cohort study of an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis caused by a rare Cryptosporidium parvum subgenotype

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1542-1550

  Grinberg, A ^a   Pomroy, W E ^a   Squires, R A ^b   Scuffham, A ^c   Pita, A ^a   Kwan, E ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Hawke's Bay District Health Board   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community outbreaks; Cryptosporidium; Genotyping; Outbreak investigation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CALF (BOVINE); CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID THERAPY; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SUBGENOTYPE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COHORT STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, VETERINARY; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053052510     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810002499     Document Type: Article

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