An outbreak of cryptosporidiosis associated with a resort swimming pool
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Secondary transmission of cryptosporidiosis associated with swimming pool use.
*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Division of Epidemiology, Chiba Prefectural Institute of Public Health, 662-2 Nitonacho, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8715, Japan. Tel: +81-43-266-7996, Fax: +81-43-265-5544, E-mail: [email protected] Cryptosporidiosis is a diarrheal disease initiated by ingestion of Cryptosporidium oocysts. The incubation period is 2 -10 days, and the chief symptom is water...
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عنوان ژورنال: Epidemiology and Infection
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0950-2688,1469-4409
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800058714