Emergency survey methods in acute cryptosporidiosis outbreak
LeAnne M Fox1, M Cheryl Banez Ocfemia, D Charles Hunt
1Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. lfox@bu.edu
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|May 14, 2005
Abstract:
In August 2003, a communitywide outbreak of cryptosporidiosis occurred in Kansas. We conducted a case-control study to assess risk factors associated with Cryptosporidium infection by using the telephone survey infrastructure of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Using existing state-based infrastructure provides an innovative means for investigating acute outbreaks.


