| Main Title |
Waterborne Disease in Colorado: Three Year Surveillance and 18 Outbreaks. |
| Author |
Hopkins, R. S. ;
Shillam, P. ;
Gaspard, B. ;
Eisnach, L. ;
Karlin, R. J. ;
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| CORP Author |
Colorado Dept. of Health, Denver.;Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. |
| Year Published |
1985 |
| Report Number |
EPA-68-03-2927; EPA/600/J-85/079; |
| Stock Number |
PB85-237683 |
| Additional Subjects |
Environmental surveys ;
Filtration ;
Gastrointestinal diseases ;
Giardiasis ;
Public health ;
Risk ;
Surface waters ;
Filtration ;
Coliform bacteria ;
Colorado ;
Reprints ;
Pretreatment(Water) ;
Chemical treatment ;
Water borne diseases
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| NTIS |
PB85-237683 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
6p |
| Abstract |
The Colorado Department of Health conducted intensive surveillance for waterborne diseases during the three-year period July 1, 1980-June 30, 1983. Eighteen outbreaks of waterborne illness were investigated. Outbreaks involved from 15 to 1,500 ill persons. Giardia lamblia was confirmed or suspected as the agent in nine outbreaks, rotavirus in one, and no agent could be identified in eight. Seventeen outbreaks occurred on surface-water systems; none of these had adequate chemical pretreatment and filtration. Investigation of water systems exhibiting positive coliform results during the first year detected no outbreaks. Activities important to effective surveillance included educational outreach programs to local health agencies, physicians and the public, and the designation of one individual to whom all water-related public complaints and health department inquiries were directed. |
| Availability Notes |
Pub. in American Jnl. of Public Health 75, n3 p254-257 Mar 85. |
| NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
| Title Annotations |
Reprint: Waterborne Disease in Colorado: Three Year Surveillance and 18 Outbreaks. |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c1985 |
| Category Codes |
13B; 6E; 50B; 57E; 57U |
| NTIS Prices |
Not available NTIS |
| Primary Description |
600/11 |
| Document Type |
NT |
| Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
| Control Number |
529824226 |
| Origin |
NTIS |
| Type |
CAT |
