Cryptosporidium and Water
A Public Health Handbook

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Cryptosporidium and Water: A Public Health Handbook is designed to assist local health departments and water utilities in preparing for and responding to reports of Cryptosporidium in tap water or in a community’s source of drinking water (river, lake, well). Water utilities in the USA are required to test drinking water sources once a month for Cryptosporidium. When Cryptosporidium is found in water supplies, unnecessary boil water advisories may result if test results are not properly interpreted. The contents include:

Executive Summary

Introduction

1. Coordination and Preparation

2. Epidemiologic Surveillance

3. Clinical Laboratory Testing

4. Evaluating Water Test Results

• Drinking Water Sources, Treatment, and Testing
• Issuing and Rescinding a Boil Water Advisory

5. Outbreak Management

• Outbreak Assessment
• News Release Information
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Protocols for Special Audiences and Contingencies

6. Educational Information

• Preventing Cryptosporidiosis: A Guide for Persons With HIV and AIDS
• Preventing Cryptosporidiosis: A Guide for the Public
• Preventing Cryptosporidiosis: A Guide to Water Filters and Bottled Water

7. Recreational Water

Appendix

• Selected Articles
• Key Words and Phrases
• Figures A-F

Index

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About the authors

Cryptosporidium and Water: A Public Health Handbook was developed by the Working Group on Waterborne Cryptosporidiosis (WGWC)--a multi-disciplinary group composed of representatives from the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), US Department of Agriculture (USDA), state and local health departments, the drinking water industry, and organizations representing the concerns of immunocompromised persons.

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