Volume 9, Number 4, April 2003

The Elderly and Waterborne Cryptosporidium Infection: Gastroenteritis Hospitalizations before and during the 1993 Milwaukee Outbreak

Elena N. Naumova,* Andrey I. Egorov,* Robert D. Morris,* and Jeffrey K. Griffiths*
*Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Figure 3. The fragment of the time series of daily rates of gastroenteritis-related emergency room visits and hospitalizations among Milwaukee elderly in the south and central water supply areas and daily water turbidity at the south treatment plant. The outbreak period (March 28, 1993–April 24, 1993) is indicated by blue lines; the day of announcement of the outbreak by the Milwaukee Health Department (April 7, 1993) is indicated by a green star.

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