Emerg Infect DiseidEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-6059Centers for Disease Control106032182640797Research ArticleComputer-generated dot maps as an epidemiologic tool: investigating an outbreak of toxoplasmosis.EngS. B.steven.eng@cephealth.orgWerkerD. H.KingA. S.MarionS. A.BellA.Issac-RentonJ. L.IrwinG. S.BowieW. R.Capital Regional District Health Department, Victoria, B.C; Canada.Nov-Dec199956815819

We used computer-generated dot maps to examine the spatial distribution of 94 Toxoplasma gondii infections associated with an outbreak in British Columbia, Canada. The incidence among patients served by one water distribution system was 3.52 times that of patients served by other sources. Acute T. gondii infection among 3, 812 pregnant women was associated with the incriminated distribution system.