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The elderly and waterborne Cryptosporidium infection: gastroenteritis hospitalizations before and during the 1993 Milwaukee outbreak |
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| Authors: | Naumova Elena N Egorov Andrey I Morris Robert D Griffiths Jeffrey K |
| Affiliation: | Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA. elena.naumova@tufts.edu |
| Abstract: | We used the Temporal Exposure Response Surfaces modeling technique to examine the association between gastroenteritis-related emergency room visits and hospitalizations in the elderly and drinking water turbidity before and during the 1993 Milwaukee waterborne Cryptosporidium outbreak. Before the outbreak, the rate of such events increased with age in the elderly (p |
| Keywords: | elderly cryptosporidiosis waterborne infection outbreak surveillance susceptible population time-series analysis research |
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