Cryptosporidiosis among children in an endemic semiurban community in southern India: Does a protected drinking water source decrease infection?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 398-406

  Sarkar, Rajiv ^a   Ajjampur, Sitara S R ^a   Prabakaran, Ashok D ^a   Geetha, Jayanthy C ^a   Sowmyanarayanan, Thuppal V ^a   Kane, Anne ^b   Duara, Joanne ^b   Muliyil, Jayaprakash ^a   Balraj, Vinohar ^a   Naumova, Elena N ^a,c   Ward, Honorine ^a,b   Kang, Gagandeep ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cryptosporidiosis; Drinking water; India; Quasi experimental study

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DRINKING; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; STUNTING; WATER SUPPLY;

CHILDREN; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DRINKING WATER; INDIA; QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DRINKING WATER; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FECES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84880366452     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit288     Document Type: Article

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