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Molecular epidemiology and spatial distribution of a waterborne cryptosporidiosis outbreak in Australia.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 2011
Waldron Liette S, Ferrari Belinda C, Cheung-Kwok-Sang Cristel, Beggs Paul J, Stephens Nicola, Power Michelle L
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Cryptosporidiosis is one of the most common waterborne diseases reported worldwide. Outbreaks of this gastrointestinal disease, which is caused by the Cryptosporidium parasite, are often attributed to public swimming pools and municipal water supplies. Between the months of January and April in 2009, New South Wales, Australia, experienced the largest waterborne cryptosporidiosis outbreak reported in Australia to...
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