Simultaneous increase of Cryptosporidium infections in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Germany in late summer season, 2012

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Fournet, N ^a,b   Deege, M P ^c,d   Urbanus, A T ^a   Nichols, G ^e   Rosner, B M ^f   Chalmers, R M ^g   Gorton, R ^e   Pollock, K G ^h   van der Giessen, J W B ^a   Wever, P C ⁱ   Dorigo Zetsma, J W ^j   Mulder, B ^k   Mank, T G ^l   Overdevest, I ^m   Kusters, J G ^d   van Pelt, W ^a   Kortbeek, L M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c Saltro Diagnostic Centre   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^h HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^j Central Laboratory for Bacteriology and Serology   (Netherlands)

^k Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Public Health   (Netherlands)

^l Regional Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Public Health   (Netherlands)

^m CPRLab   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SUMMER; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84872336507     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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