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Drinking water is water that is intended to be drunk by humans. Water of sufficient quality to serve as drinking water is called potable water whether it is used as such or not. Although most fresh water sources are drinkable by humans, they can be a disease vector or cause long-term health problems if they do not meet certain water quality guidelines. 
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Cryptosporidiosis is a disease affecting the intestines of mammals that is caused by Cryptosporidium, a protozoan parasite in the phylum Apicomplexa. It is a disease spread through the fecal-oral route; the main symptom is self-limiting diarrhea in people with intact immune system. In immunocompromised individuals, such as AIDS patients, infection can cause permanent & life-threatening diarrhea. ...
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Drinking Water as related to Cryptosporidiosis
- Cryptosporidiosis and Drinking Water
In the past ten years, at least five outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis have been associated with contaminated drinking water, including the well-publicized one in Milwaukee ...
- Cryptosporidiosis
Home > Safe Water > Public Drinking Water: Cryptosporidiosis . What is cryptosporidiosis? Cryptosporidiosis is an infection of the intestines caused by a very small parasite.
- Cryptosporidiosis and Drinking Water
Cryptosporidiosis can be a serious, long-lasting, and sometimes fatal disease for people whose immune systems are weake ned and less able to fight off infection. Even though some ...
- Cryptosporidiosis - CDC DPD
Cryptosporidiosis Resources. Fact Sheets; Drinking Water; Outbreaks; Additional Resources ... Page last modified: April 16, 2008 Page last reviewed: April 16 ...
- CDC - Three Drinking-Water–Associated Cryptosporidiosis Outbreaks ...
Dispatch. Three Drinking-Water–Associated Cryptosporidiosis Outbreaks, Northern Ireland. Scott Glaberman,* John E. Moore,† Colm J. Lowery,†‡ Rachel M.
- Three drinking-water--associated cryptosporidiosis outbreaks, Northern ...
Free Online Library: Three drinking-water--associated cryptosporidiosis outbreaks, Northern Ireland. (Dispatches). by "Emerging Infectious Diseases"; Health, general Communicable ...
- Cryptosporidiosis
Cryptosporidiosis. Question: A caller from Virginia was concerned about cryptosporidiosis and municipal drinking water supplies... Answer: Cryptosporidiosis was not known as a ...
- Cryptosporidiosis
What can I do to prevent cryptosporidiosis? Avoid drinking water that may be contaminated. This includes water in lakes, rivers, streams, and swimming pools.
- Cryptosporidiosis: An Outbreak Associated with Drinking Water Despite ...
ARTICLE Cryptosporidiosis: An Outbreak Associated with Drinking Water Despite State-of-the-Art Water Treatment Susan T. Goldstein, MD ; Dennis D.
- Cryptosporidium & Drinking Water
There have been a number of drinking water-related outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis, some of which have attracted considerable media attention
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