Symptomatic and asymptomatic secondary transmission of Cryptosporidium parvum following two related outbreaks in schoolchildren

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1702-1709

  Johansen, O H ^a   Hanevik, K ^b,c   Thrana, F ^d   Carlson, A ^d   Stachurska Hagen, T ^e   Skaare, D ^a   Robertson, L J ^e  

^a VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Tønsberg Municipal Public Health Department   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; gastrointestinal infections; outbreaks; zoonoses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; FECES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 84929190387     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881400243X     Document Type: Article

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