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This study reported that for the period 2015-2019, public health officials in 36 states and the District of Columbia reported 208 outbreaks of illness linked to treated recreational water. Most of these outbreaks were caused by parasites and resulted in over 3,646 hospitalizations and 13 deaths....

Author(s)
Hlavsa, M. C.; Aluko, S. K.; Miller, A. D.; Person, J.; Gerdes, M. E.; Lee SooJi; Laco, J. P.; Hannapel, E. J.; Hill, V. R.
Publisher
Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta , USA
Citation
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2021, 70, 20, pp 733-738
Abstract

During 2009-10, a total of 81 recreational water-associated disease outbreaks was reported by public health officials from 28 US states and Puerto Rico. The 1326 outbreak-related cases reported for 2009-10 resulted in at least 62 (5%) hospitalizations, with no deaths. Aetiology was confirmed for 49 ...

Author(s)
Hlavsa, M. C.; Roberts, V. A.; Kahler, A. M.; Hilborn, E. D.; Wade, T. J.; Backer, L. C.; Yoder, J. S.
Publisher
Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta , USA
Citation
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2014, 63, 1, pp 6-10
Abstract

In June 2015, an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis with 35 cases (23 probable and 12 laboratory-confirmed) occurred among 191 attendees of a residential rehabilitation holiday for paediatric organ transplant patients (n=49) and their families at a hotel in Somogy county, Hungary. The overall attack...

Author(s)
Plutzer, J.; Kelen, K.; Varga, E.; Kucsera, I.; Reusz, G.; Szabó, A. J.; Fehér, Á.; Chalmers, R. M.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
Citation
Epidemiology and Infection, 2019, 147, e56, pp e56
Abstract

During 2000-2014, public health officials from 46 U.S. states and Puerto Rico reported 493 outbreaks associated with treated recreational water. These outbreaks resulted in at least 27 219 cases and 8 deaths. Among the 363 outbreaks with a confirmed infectious aetiology, 212 (58%) were caused by ...

Author(s)
Hlavsa, M. C.; Cikesh, B. L.; Roberts, V. A.; Kahler, A. M.; Vigar, M.; Hilborn, E. D.; Wade, T. J.; Roellig, D. M.; Murphy, J. L.; Xiao LiHua; Yates, K. M.; Kunz, J. M.; Arduino, M. J.; Reddy, S. C.; Fullerton, K. E.; Cooley, L. A.; Beach, M. J.; Hill, V. R.; Yoder, J. S.
Publisher
Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta , USA
Citation
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2018, 67, 19, pp 547-551

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