Value of syndromic surveillance in monitoring a focal waterborne outbreak due to an unusual cryptosporidium genotype in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, June-July 2008

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Smith, S ^a   Elliot, A J ^a   Mallaghan, C ^b   Modha, D ^c   Hippisley Cox, J ^d   Large, S ^e   Regan, M ^f   Smith, G E ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS Direct   (United Kingdom)

^f NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OOCYST; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VOMITING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 85044710814     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.33.19643-en     Document Type: Article

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