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Cryptosporidiosis and public health: workshop report
Author(s) -
Juranek Dennis D.,
Addiss David G.,
Barlett Mary E.,
Arrowood Michael J.,
Colley Daniel G.,
Kaplan Jonathan E.,
Perciasepe Robert,
Elder James R.,
Regli Stig E.,
Berger Paul S.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1995.tb06423.x
Subject(s) - public health , waterborne diseases , environmental health , working group , task (project management) , medicine , political science , engineering , nursing , pathology , systems engineering , law , outbreak
This workshop began an important collaborative effort to assess the threat of waterborne cryptosporidiosis to public health. Representatives from 40 states and from regulatory and public health agencies, water utilities, and advocacy groups met last year to discuss prevention and control of waterborne cryptosporidiosis. Workgroups addressed surveillance systems and epidemiologic study designs, public health responses when oocysts are detected in drinking water, cryptosporidiosis in immunocompromised individuals, and water sampling methods and interpretation of results. The groups defined problems associated with these issues and developed strategies that could be used initially to manage these problems. An outgrowth of the workshop has been the formation of the Working Group on Waterborne Cryptosporidiosis, which holds regular teleconferences. In addition, several task forces are working to address strategies proposed in this report.