1993 Milwaukee Cryptosporidiosis outbreak

Quando

1993

Tipo

Epidemia

Coordenadas

39.83° N, 98.58° W

Description

Outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis that affected Milwaukee's water supply in 1993

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1993 cryptosporidium protozoan outbreak in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The 1993 Milwaukee cryptosporidiosis outbreak was a significant distribution of the Cryptosporidium protozoan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the largest waterborne disease outbreak in documented United States history. It is suspected that The Howard Avenue Water Purification Plant, one of two water treatment plants in Milwaukee at the time, was contaminated.

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