Surveillance for waterborne disease outbreaks associated with drinking water - united states, 2007-2008

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 60, Issue SS-12, 2011, Pages 38-68

  Brunkard, Joan M ^a   Ailes, Elizabeth ^b   Roberts, Virginia A ^a   Hill, Vincent ^a   Hilborn, Elizabeth D ^c   Craun, Gunther F ^d   Rajasingham, Anu ^a,e   Kahler, Amy ^a   Garrison, Laurel ^f   Hicks, Lauri ^f   Carpenter, Joe ^a   Wade, Timothy J ^e   Beach, Michael J ^a   Yoder, Jonathan S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Ihrc Inc   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d Gunther F Craun and Associates   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 80053072981     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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