Outbreaks of illness associated with recreational water — United States, 2011-2012

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 668-672

  Hlavsa, Michele C ^a   Roberts, Virginia A ^a   Kahler, Amy M ^a   Hilborn, Elizabeth D ^b   Mecher, Taryn R ^a,c   Beach, Michael J ^a   Wade, Timothy J ^b   Yoder, Jonathan S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; BATH; CHEMISTRY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAKE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RECREATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWIMMING POOL; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

BATHS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH RESORTS; HUMANS; LAKES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECREATION; SEAWATER; SWIMMING POOLS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84936102602     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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