Surveillance for waterborne disease outbreaks associated with drinking water — United States, 2011–2012

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 31, 2015, Pages 842-848

  Beer, Karlyn D ^a,b   Gargano, Julia W ^b   Roberts, Virginia A ^b   Hill, Vincent R ^b   Garrison, Laurel E ^c   Kutty, Preeta K ^c   Hilborn, Elizabeth D ^d   Wade, Timothy J ^d   Fullerton, Kathleen E ^b   Yoder, Jonathan S ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; EPIDEMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRINKING WATER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84939457322     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6431a2     Document Type: Article

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