The first recorded outbreak of cryptosporidiosis due to Cryptosporidium cuniculus (formerly rabbit genotype), following a water quality incident

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-50

  Puleston, Richard L ^a   Mallaghan, Cathy M ^a   Modha, Deborah E ^a   Hunter, Paul R ^b   Nguyen Van Tam, Jonathan S ^a   Regan, Christopher M ^a   Nichols, Gordon L ^a   Chalmers, Rachel M ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Outbreak; Rabbit; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; LAGOMORPH; PROTOZOAN; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SYMPTOM; WATER QUALITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CUNICULUS; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER QUALITY;

ENGLAND; NORTHAMPTONSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRINKING WATER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RABBITS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84898439496     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2013.097     Document Type: Article

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