Surveillance for waterborne disease outbreaks and other health events associated with recreational water - United States, 2007-2008

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 60, Issue SS-12, 2011, Pages 1-32

  Hlavsa, Michele C ^a   Roberts, Virginia A ^a   Anderson, Ayana R ^b   Hill, Vincent R ^a   Kahler, Amy M ^a   Orr, Maureen ^b   Garrison, Laurel E ^c   Hicks, Lauri A ^c   Newton, Anna ^a,d   Hilborn, Elizabeth D ^e   Wade, Timothy J ^e   Beach, Michael J ^a   Yoder, Jonathan S ^a  

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

^b AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

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

^d ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOL; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECREATION; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOLS; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 80053083674     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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