Drinking Water Outbreaks
Introduction
This site is founded as a collection point for information on outbreaks of
infectious disease in drinking water, and related topics. Links to, or files
with, information from the popular press, as well as primary source information
will be included.
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What is a Waterborne Outbreak?
Formal
CDC definition
Statistical Summaries
United States
US,
1997-1998 (all waterborne outbreaks reported to CDC)
US,
1995-1996 (all waterborne outbreaks reported to CDC)
US, 1993-1994
(all waterborne outbreaks reported to CDC)
US,
1991-1992 (all waterborne outbreaks reported to CDC)
Giardiasis
Surveillance --- United States, 1992--1997 (CDC)
Compiled list of US outbreaks,
1976-1998
Europe
Causes
of waterborne outbreaks in community water systems in Finland: 1980-1992,
Water Science and Technology Vol 31 No 5-6 pp 3336 (1995)
Furtado
C, Adak GK, Stuart JM, Wall PG, Evans HS, Casemore DP. Outbreaks of waterborne
infectious intestinal disease in England and Wales, 1992-5. Epidemiol Infect.
1998 Aug;121(1):109-19.
Large Outbreaks
Carrollton, Georgia outbreak of Cryptosporidium (1987)
Cabool, Missouri outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 (1989/90)
Milwaukee oubreak of Cryptosporidium (1993)
Toxoplasmosis outbreak (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
(1995))
Sydney, Australia "event" of "Cryptosporidium" (1998)
Walkerton, Ontario, Canada, E. coli (2000)
Other Outbreaks
National and International Bulletins
Non Governmental Links
PROMED: "The
global electronic reporting system for outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases
& toxins, open to all sources"
EMERGING
INFECTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE. Electronic course notes
at the University of Washington - School of Public Health and Community Medicine
England: Chartered
Institute of Environmental Health. Cryptosporidium Information
Interesting Documents
Legislative Assembly of British
Columbia (Canada): Second Report on Protecting Drinking Water Sources (April
18, 2000)
Snow
Mountain-Like Virus Identified in Young Children with Winter Vomiting Disease
in South Africa, Journal of Diarrheal Diseases Research (1997)
Viral
Agents of Gastroenteritis Public Health Importance and Outbreak Management MMWR
39(RR-5);1-24 Publication date: 04/27/1990
England
& Wales: Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Cryptosporidium
in Water Supplies (Dr. Ian Bouchier, November 1998)
Cryptosporidium
spp. - A Review of the Organism, the Disease, and Implications for Managing
Water Resources,Barbara J. Butler and Colin I. Mayfield Dept. of Biology, University
of Waterloo, Waterloo Centre for Groundwater Research, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
(1996)
Lee, G. F. and Jones-Lee, A., "Public
Health Significance of Waterborne Pathogens in Domestic Water Supplies and Reclaimed
Water," Report to state of California Environmental Protection Agency Comparative
Risk Project, Berkeley, CA, 27pp., December (1993).
On the Mode of Communication
of Cholera, John Snow (1855)
(US) Central Intelligence Agency: "The Global Infectious Disease Threat
and Its Implications for the United States", January 2000 report.
Search Engines and Data Bases
Miscellaneous Media Links and Stories
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