prevalence of cryptosporidium spp. and giardia intestinalis in swimming pools, atlanta, georgia. | cryptosporidium spp. and giardia intestinalis have been found in swimming pool filter backwash during outbreaks. to determine baseline prevalence, we sampled pools not associated with outbreaks and found that of 160 sampled pools, 13 (8.1%) were positive for 1 or both parasites; 10 (6.2%) for giardia sp., 2 (1.2%) for cryptosporidium spp., and 1 (0.6%) for both. | 2008 | 18507911 |
prevalence of parasites in fecal material from chlorinated swimming pools--united states, 1999. | as a result of the 1998 outbreak of infection with the chlorine-sensitive pathogen escherichia coli o157:h7 at a waterpark in georgia, many public health departments updated their guidelines for disinfecting pools following a fecal accident. many of these guidelines recommended treating all fecal accidents as if they contained the highly chlorine-resistant parasite cryptosporidium parvum, generally resulting in hyperchlorination and pool closures of up to a day. to determine whether fecal accide ... | 2001 | 11400955 |
giardia lamblia and cryptosporidium infections in child day-care centers in fulton county, georgia. | risk factors for the introduction, spread and persistence of cryptosporidium and giardia lamblia infections in child day-care centers are not well understood. in 1989 and 1990 stool specimens were obtained from 292 diapered children attending 17 randomly selected day-care centers in fulton county, ga; 8 (2.7%) children in 2 centers were infected with cryptosporidium and 21 (7.2%) children in 7 centers were infected with giardia. in 1986 the prevalence of cryptosporidium and giardia in these same ... | 1991 | 1766706 |