Molecular epidemiology and spatial distribution of a waterborne cryptosporidiosis outbreak in Australia

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 7766-7771

  Waldron, Liette S ^a   Ferrari, Belinda C ^b   Cheung Kwok Sang, Cristel ^a   Beggs, Paul J ^a   Stephens, Nicola ^c   Power, Michelle L ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; AUSTRALIA; COASTAL CITIES; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYSTS; FECAL SAMPLES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION; INFECTED PATIENTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLIES; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; PARASITE-; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER-BORNE DISEASE;

LAKES; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; SWIMMING POOLS; WATER SUPPLY;

DISEASES;

PROTOZOAL DNA; WATER;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFECTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 83155185356     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00616-11     Document Type: Article

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