Outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in a child day-care centre in Gipuzkoa, Spain, October to December 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1-3

  Artieda, J ^a   Basterrechea, M ^a   Arriola, L ^a   Yague M ^a,b   Albisua, E ^a   Arostegui, N ^c   Astigarraga, U ^c   Botello, R ^c   Manterola, J M ^d  

^a Sub Directorate for Public Health and Addictions of Gipuzkoa   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^c Health Centre of Osakidetza Basque Health Service   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE MENDARO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DAY CARE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FECES; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; OOCYST; PARASITE EXAMINATION; SPAIN; EPIDEMIC; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SPAIN;

EID: 84857009352     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.17.05.20070-en     Document Type: Article

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