Project 177

Two-City Cryptosporidium Study

$282,418
Completed
Principal Investigator
Floyd Frost
Project Manager
Jeffrey L Oxenford
Contractor
Lovelace Clinic Foundation
Groundwater Management & Protection
Microbes & Pathogens
Risk Assessment

Abstract

Examines the occurrence of cryptosporidiosis in a population consuming groundwater with that of one consuming surface water. Uses a comparison of the relative infection rates to provide an estimate of the relative contribution of water to infection rates. Published in March 1999.

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