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Alternative Title:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
Personal Author:
Hlavsa, Michele C. ; Roberts, Virginia A. ; Kahler, Amy M. ; Hilborn, Elizabeth D. ; Wade, Timothy J. ; ... More +
Hlavsa, Michele C. ; Roberts, Virginia A. ; Kahler, Amy M. ; Hilborn, Elizabeth D. ; Wade, Timothy J. ; Backer, Lorraine C. ; Yoder, Jonathan S. Less -
Corporate Authors:
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.)Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases. ; National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.)Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects.
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.)Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases. ; National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.)Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects. Less -
Description:
Recreational water-associated disease outbreaks result from exposure to infectious pathogens or chemical agents in treated recreational water venues (e.g., pools and hot tubs or spas) or untreated recreational water venues (e.g., lakes and oceans). For 2009-2010, the most recent years for which finalized data are available, public health officials from 28 states and Puerto Rico electronically reported 81 recreational water-associated disease outbreaks to CDC's Waterborne Disease and Outbreak Surveillance System (WBDOSS) via the National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS). This report summarizes the characteristics of those outbreaks. Among the 57 outbreaks associated with treated recreational water, 24 (42%) were caused by Cryptosporidium. Among the 24 outbreaks associated with untreated recreational water, 11 (46%) were confirmed or suspected to have been caused by cyanobacterial toxins. In total, the 81 outbreaks resulted in at least 1,326 cases of illness and 62 hospitalizations; no deaths were reported. Laboratory and environmental data, in addition to epidemiologic data, can be used to direct and optimize the Prevention and control of recreational water-associated disease outbreaks.
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Articles Baths Communicable Diseases Disease Outbreaks Health Resorts Humans Lakes Population Surveillance Recreation Seawater Swimming Pools Time Factors Water Microbiology Water Pollution Water Purification
Source:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014; 63(1):6-10.
Pubmed ID:
24402466
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5779330
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/53328/cdc_53328_DS1.pdf
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