Computer-generated dot maps as an epidemiologic tool: Investigating an outbreak of toxoplasmosis

Authors
Eng, SB Werker, DH King, AS Marion, SA Bell, A Issac-Renton, JL Irwin, GS Bowie, WR
Citation
Sb. Eng et al., Computer-generated dot maps as an epidemiologic tool: Investigating an outbreak of toxoplasmosis, EM INFECT D, 5(6), 1999, pp. 815-819
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10806040 → ACNP
Volume
5
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
815 - 819
Database
ISI
SICI code
1080-6040(199911/12)5:6<815:CDMAAE>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We used computer-generated dot maps to examine the spatial distribution of 94 Toxoplasma gondii infections associated with an outbreak in British Colu mbia, Canada. The incidence among patients served by one water distribution system was 3.52 times that of patients sewed by other sources. Acute T. go ndii infection among 3,812 pregnant women was associated with the incrimina ted distribution system.