Cryptosporidiosis and surface water.
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 79 (1), 39-42
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.79.1.39
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).Keywords
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