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. 1989 Jan;79(1):39-42.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.79.1.39.

Cryptosporidiosis and surface water

M M Gallaher  1 , J L Herndon, L J Nims, C R Sterling, D J Grabowski, H F Hull
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Cryptosporidiosis and surface water

M M Gallaher et al. Am J Public Health. 1989 Jan.

Abstract

In the period July through October, 1986, 78 laboratory-confirmed cases of cryptosporidiosis were identified in New Mexico. To determine possible risk factors for development of this disease, we conducted a case-control study; 24 case-patients and 46 neighborhood controls were interviewed. Seventeen (71 per cent) of the 24 case-patients were females, seven (29%) were males; their ages ranged from 4 months to 44 years, median 3 years. There was a strong association between drinking surface water and illness: five of the 24 case-patients, but none of the 46 controls drank untreated surface water. Among children, illness was also associated with attending a day care center where other children were ill (odds ratio = 13.1).

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